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Head Start faces new hurdle

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The Trump administration could start as soon as this week enforcing a ban on children without legal status in Head Start, which provides free early child care services.

Here & Now's Sarah McCammon learns more about how the program's mission to serve the neediest children has become politicized with Chabeli Carrazana, an economy and child care reporter for our editorial partner, The 19th.

This segment aired on September 8, 2025.

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