BURLINGTON — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, led a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Education Secretary Linda McMahon, Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer and Attorney General Pam Bondi calling on them to reverse departmental guidance intended to throw people off of vital programs and services related to education, public health, job training and safety by requiring states, local governments and communities to unnecessarily verify immigration or citizenship status.

These changes will also divert resources from community groups, agencies and providers toward meeting the added administrative burdens instead of delivering services and care for those most in need of assistanc

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