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A New Immigration System To Safeguard America’s Security, Expand Economic Growth, and Make Us Stronger

America needs a new immigration system that protects our security, grows the economy, reflects our values, and benefits all Americans.

Fact Sheet: An Immigration Framework That Would Ensure Order at the Border, Keep Americans Safe, Increase Economic Growth, and Make Us Stronger

These reforms offer an orderly and effective approach that protects American communities and upholds American values while meeting the nation’s economic needs.

Democracy on the Line: How We Got Here and How To Stop an Authoritarian Takeover

Please join the Center for American Progress for a virtual event on the significance of what is happening to American democracy and how we can prevent authoritarianism from taking root.

Trump’s Deployment of National Guard to Los Angeles Is a Dangerous Escalation That Will Inflame Tensions

The deployment of the National Guard to Los Angeles is dangerous, unnecessary, and an abuse of power that puts communities and servicemembers at risk.

The Fiscal Impact of DOGE’s IRS Layoffs

Please join the Center for American Progress for an event featuring former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers and an expert panel on the importance of adequate funding for tax enforcement and administration in the federal budget.

Forecasting Disaster: How DOGE’s Cuts to NOAA Will Affect Weather Awareness and Well-Being

Please join the Center for American Progress for the next in a series of virtual events highlighting the impact that DOGE’s cuts are having on the lives of everyday Americans; this event will focus on how cuts to NOAA will harm the weather forecast and Americans' safety.

Lowering Costs for American Families

Join CAP for a conversation with Neera Tanden, Domestic Policy Advisor to President Joe Biden.

A New Social Contract for the 21st Century

In light of the glaring inequalities exposed by the coronavirus pandemic, Neera Tanden outlines the need for a comprehensive 21st-century social contract that will not only lead the United States into recovery but also rethink the existing relationship between individuals, corporations, and the government.

A National and State Plan To End the Coronavirus Crisis

A coherent, evidence-based plan is needed to reopen the economy without sparking a second wave of infections.

Deficit and Debt Shouldn’t Factor Into Coronavirus Recession Response

Public Health Requires an Extraordinarily Aggressive Economic Response to Coronavirus Immediately—One That’s Larger Than What Many Imagine

The column recommends an immediate package at least the size of the Recovery Act in 2009—around $1 trillion in today’s dollars.

Trump’s tax law expanded the child tax credit to the wealthy, and left 26 million children behind

Neera Tanden and Rep. Rosa DeLaura discuss the myriad ways expanding the child tax credit would help millions of low-income and middle-class families.

Broken Norms Should End Business-As-Usual Nominations

Why the Fight for $15 Matters for the Millennial Generation, and for All Women

Neera Tanden explains why the Fight for $15 is so important, especially for women and millennials, who face an increasingly inequitable wage system.

The bipartisan way to strengthen health care

Authors Neera Tanden and Topher Spiro detail proposed legislation that would improve the Affordable Care Act and help make affordable health insurance a reality for every American.

Cruz plan isn’t the improvement the GOP wants us to think it is

Author Neera Tanden explains why Ted Cruz's amendment to the BCRA would still make insurance unaffordable for people with pre-existing conditions.

Bipartisan Legislation to Lower Premiums and Stabilize Insurance Markets

Legislation that focuses on strengthening the individual market—not on slashing Medicaid to pay for tax cuts for the rich—would stabilize the market and lower premiums immediately.

GOP plan yanks lifesaving health care for millions

Author Neera Tanden writes that the Senate Republicans' health care bill would take away lifesaving insurance coverage for millions of Americans.

The Kremlin’s Election Meddling Is Paying Off

Neera Tanden argues that President Trump's policies so far have aligned with Vladimir Putin's goals.

The Secret Bill That Could Destroy Obamacare

Michele and Igor sit down with CAP’s President and CEO Neera Tanden to break down the Senate AHCA bill.

Toward a Marshall Plan for America

The economy is not producing access to a good, stable middle-class life for people who do not go to college. On prudential and ethical grounds, progressives must do more to create decent job opportunities and secure family situations for all working people facing difficult economic conditions not within their control.

What American progressives should learn from France’s Macron

Authors Neera Tanden and Matt Browne call for Americans to follow France's example and challenge the status quo of the political atmosphere in the United States.

Every Single False Republican Criticism of Obamacare Applies Perfectly to Trumpcare

Author Neera Tanden points out that Republicans campaigned on the Affordable Care Act's high costs but then created a bill that raises, not decreases, those costs for families.

France Should Beware—You’re Putin’s Next Target