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What Can We Learn from Boston’s Expanded CTC Outreach to Immigrant Communities?

Although last year’s temporary expansion of the child tax credit (CTC) dramatically reduced child poverty across the US, government outreach efforts struggled to connect immigrant families with their tax benefits.
October 7, 2022Aravind BoddupalliLuisa Godinez-PuigLivia Mucciolo
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Where Are Families Most At Risk Of Missing Out On The Expanded Child Tax Credit?

The expanded and fully refundable child tax credit (CTC) will lift millions of children out of poverty in 2021. But many very low-income children may...
October 21, 2021Aravind Boddupalli
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Taxpaying Workers Will Be Punished by Trump’s New Curbs on Immigrants Receiving Public Benefits

In his defense this week of the Trump Administration’s “public charge rule” that aims to limit immigration for people perceived likely to need public benefits,...
August 16, 2019Aravind Boddupalli
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Trump Proposal Would Limit Green Cards And Visas For Immigrants With Low Incomes Or Government Assistance

On September 21 st , the Trump Administration proposed a regulation limiting access to legal permanent residency status (green cards) and other visas for immigrants...
September 28, 2018Aravind BoddupalliKim S. Rueben