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Potential Impacts of Increased Immigration Enforcement on School Attendance and Funding

Apr 3, 2025

Issue Brief

This brief presents research on the impacts of immigration enforcement on children, including school attendance and performance; provides data on the share and number of school-aged children by state who live in immigrant families based on KFF analysis of the 2023 American Community Survey (ACS); and discusses potential implications of declines in school enrollment and/or attendance among these children on school funding.

House Bill Would Penalize More States for Covering Immigrants, Including Lawfully Residing Children and Pregnant People

May 22, 2025

Quick Take

A revision made to the bill before it was considered by the Rules committee expanded the penalty from 14 states and DC that cover undocumented immigrants with state funds to 33 states and DC that use a federal option available in Medicaid and/or CHIP to expand coverage for lawfully residing children and/or pregnant people.

Measles Elimination Status: What It Is and How the U.S. Could Lose It

Jul 28, 2025

Policy Watch

This policy watch post examines the United States’ measles elimination status, including what it means to eliminate measles, whether the current measles outbreak could threaten the country’s measles elimination status, and what losing that status might mean for measles control.

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Medicaid and CHIP Eligibility Expansions and Coverage Changes for Children Since the Start of the Pandemic

Potential Impacts of Increased Immigration Enforcement on School Attendance and Funding

House Bill Would Penalize More States for Covering Immigrants, Including Lawfully Residing Children and Pregnant People

Measles Elimination Status: What It Is and How the U.S. Could Lose It