Funding Recommendations
Issue Brief
August 2019
Foundations can demonstrate their values and support immigrants and their communities by joining the movement to divest and reinvest.
Resources
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Report
July 2019
To better understand the changing interior enforcement trends under the Trump administration, this report analyzes individual-level data on immigration enforcement outcomes.
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American Immigration Council
Issue Brief
July 2019
Changes in federal immigration policies and heightened immigration enforcement over the last several years have caused fear and insecurity for many immigrant families across the country.
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Urban Institute
Toolkit
May 2019
This guide is meant to serve as an emergency toolkit that advocates can reference to respond the moment ICE conducts a worksite raid in their community.
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Tennessee Immigrant & Refugee Rights Coalition
Report
May 2019
Learn how investments in private prisons put retirement savings at risk, and how you and your institution can hold these companies accountable.
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American Federation of Teachers
Report
May 2019
This report exposes roughly 4,000 corporations that profit from the devastating mass incarceration of our nation’s marginalized communities.
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Worth Rises
Program Materials
May 2019
Find all program-related materials for April's Monthly Immigration Policy Call, "First Responders at the Border: The Vital Role and Untapped Potential of a Reception System for Families and Asylum Seekers" here, including presentation, recording, and other resources.
Report
April 2019
How Should The United States Treat Asylum Seekers And Immigrants Who Seek Safety And Stability In Our Communities? The Question Implicates Legal, Ethical, Moral, And Economic Considerations. The...
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National Immigrant Justice Center
Report
April 2019
This report explains the danger and the challenges that unaccompanied children currently face in Tijuana and other parts of the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Kids in Need of Defense
Analysis
April 2019
This journal analysis considers the rate of visa overstays in the United States versus the number of immigrants who cross into the country without legal status.
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Center for Migration Studies
Program Materials
April 2019
Find all program-related materials for April's Monthly Immigration Policy Call, "Through the Eyes of Children" here, including presentation, recording, and other resources.
Issue Brief
March 2019
This brief analyzes challenges being erected at every stage of the U.S. asylum process and the key leverage points for philanthropy.
Report
March 2019
This memorandum synthesizes interviews with key advocate stakeholders to identify the current challenges facing the U.S. asylum system, asylum seekers, and advocates for asylum seekers, and strategic leverage points and funding opportunities for grantmakers.
Analysis
January 2019
The Department of Homeland Security recently told Congress that “more children and families are being apprehended between the ports of entry than ever before.” In fact, President Bush’s administration apprehended more children with far fewer resources.
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Cato Institute
Talking Points
January 2019
This resource contains five tips on how to discuss the border region and the broader immigration, refugee, and border policies amidst the government shutdown and other current events.
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The Opportunity Agenda
Report
January 2019
Human Rights First's new report analyzes the mental, physical, and legal impacts of massive overuse of immigration detention in California.
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Human Rights First
Analysis
December 2018
State marijuana legalization did more to reduce marijuana smuggling than the doubling of Border Patrol agents or the construction of hundreds of miles of border fencing. As more states legalize marijuana, these trends will only accelerate.
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Cato Institute
Report
December 2018
This report presents findings from an empirical analysis of immigration detention across the United States.
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American Immigration Council
Report
October 2018
As the Trump administration continues to advance policies that further criminalize Black, Brown, and immigrant communities, the private prison and detention industry is experiencing renewed opportunities for growth.
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The Center for Popular Democracy
Make the Road New York
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Analysis
October 2018
This analysis considers the Trump administration's claims that the 2015 Flores settlement agreement led to an increase in the number of families arriving at the United States’ southwest border.
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Center for American Progress