Today, First Focus Campaign for Children sent a letter to Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, author of S. 268, which would have the effect of denying millions of U.S. citizen children access to the Child Tax Credit.

Excerpt from the letter:

At First Focus Campaign for Children, we believe every child is precious and worthy of an opportunity to thrive and make the most of their lives. Unfortunately, our nation’s children are in crisis. We have a rising rate of infant mortality for the first time in decades and child mortality rates that are much higher than that in other wealthy nations. We saw the supplemental poverty measure (SPM) for children more than double between 2021 and 2023 – from 5.2% to 13.7% – with the expiration of the expanded Child Tax Credit. That rate, as you know, is much higher in Mississippi, where the rate is the highest in the nation.

Read the full letter here.