Co-sponsors
- Children, Youth & Family Funders Roundtable
- Colorado Association of Funders
- Early Childhood Funders Collaborative
- EITC Funders Network
- Forefront
- Funders' Committee for Civic Participation
- Funders for LGBTQ Issues
- Grantmakers Income Security Taskforce
- Grantmakers of Oregon and Southwest Washington
- Hispanics in Philanthropy
- Human Rights Funders Network
- National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy
- Neighborhood Funders Group
- Northern California Grantmakers
- Peace and Security Funders Group
- Philanthropy New York
- San Diego Grantmakers
- Southern California Grantmakers
- United Philanthropy Forum
Description
In the first eight months of the Trump administration, arrests and deportations of immigrants rose 40 percent versus the year before. The new administration’s decision to halt prioritization of certain immigrants for enforcement, and instead treating all unauthorized or otherwise deportable individuals as candidates for removal, has fueled this surge.
Yet it may not last. A new report from Migration Policy Institute finds it is “unlikely” the current level of removals will continue. Growing opposition—in the form of welcoming or sanctuary policies—from state and local governments, with whom 70 to 85 percent of deportation cases have originated in peak enforcement years, has dramatically reduced the number of immigrants caught up in the removal process. In addition to state and city policies, community efforts such as “know-your-rights” trainings and expanded legal representation for those in removal proceedings have also narrowed the deportation pipeline.
Learn more about these trends during this call, which will feature two authors of Migration Policy Institute’s report, Revving Up the Deportation Machinery: Enforcement under Trump and the Pushback, based on their study of 15 localities around the country, including ICE field offices in Atlanta; Arlington, VA; Chicago; Houston; Los Angeles; New Orleans; and New York.
Speakers
- Randy Capps, Director of Research, U.S. Programs, Migration Policy Institute
- Muzaffar Chishti, Director, MPI’s Office at NYU School of Law, Migration Policy Institute
- Bob Libal, Executive Director, Grassroots Leadership
Moderator
- Aryah Somers Landsberger, Director of Programs, GCIR
Registration
Registration for this program is now closed.
Calls are open to GCIR members, other grantmaking institutions, philanthropic advisors, and members and staff of philanthropic support organizations. (Participation is limited to organizations that share GCIR’s core values.)
