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What Moms Want in 2026: Child Care Investments and Safety for Kids
Immigration enforcement caused a loss of 39,000 foreign-born child care workers, disrupting programs and increasing child care scarcity nationwide, advocates say.
- In recent years, a sharp rise in ICE activity has reduced the foreign-born child care workforce by roughly 39,000, with raids including closures at ourBRIDGE for KIDS afterschool program, Charlotte, and arrests at Rayito de Sol Early Learning Center, Chicago.
- With thousands of programs closed in recent years, intensified enforcement compounds pressure on the child care system as advocates say immigrant workers face fear, detention, or deportation.
- Parents abandoning work and programs losing staff are immediately affecting children's care, as parents leave jobs, businesses struggle to recruit, and school systems report steep attendance drops.
- Congress is weighing the Protecting Sensitive Locations Act to restrict enforcement at care sites, as advocates urge reinstating protections for schools, churches and hospitals to support immigrant caregivers.
- Data show immigrants make up 20% of the child care workforce, and the Better Life Lab reports 77,000 fewer mothers of preschool-aged children in the workforce in recent years.
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What Moms Want in 2026: Child Care Investments and Safety for Kids
(StatePoint) For years, young families have struggled to find quality affordable child care—a problem created by long-term lack of government investments and exacerbated by the pandemic and inflation. Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called the nation’s child care system…
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