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... Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) , in September 2017, was unlawful . Today, 25 days after ... in the case, and—under the law—the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will have an unambiguous ... hold DACA, but it must also reopen the application process to more than 300,000 new applicants who are eligible ...
July 13, 2020
News Article
... Over the last few weeks, we have witnessed the governors of Texas, Florida, and Arizona sponsor the cruel and craven ... Vineyard, and Washington, D.C. As I watched people in those receiving communities welcome these newcomers with ... November 9th led by GCIR’s Director of State and Local Programs, Cairo Mendes, and our Senior Director of National ...
September 29, 2022
President's Message
... new and pending applications and throwing the fate of the program into question yet again. While current DACA ... Over the past decade, philanthropy has played an important role in ensuring DACA’s success through GCIR’s ... criminal justice systems. Fund immigration legal services programs that will be called on to field questions from ...
July 21, 2021
Statement
June 18, 2020
News Article
... was made on procedural grounds and not on the merits of the program, it nevertheless provides a reprieve for ... now, DACAmented immigrants can continue to live and work in this country without fear of deportation. The ripple effect will be felt throughout our ...
June 18, 2020
Statement
... California foundations have signed onto this statement in support of DACA following the program's cancellation. Statement The Trump Administration announced the termination of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), thereby ...
September 16, 2017
Statement
... reason to justify scrapping DACA. Judge Paul Grimm of the US District Court for the District of Maryland said ... apply. To be eligible, applicants had to have arrived in the US before age 16 and have lived there since June 15, ... it did in 2017, but officials would have to prove that the process wasn't rushed and that all considerations were taken ...
July 17, 2020
News Article
In a disappointing but not unexpected ruling, a federal ... individuals from deportation. Current beneficiaries of the 11-year-old Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals ... communities against the constant threats to DACA and other programs. Finally, philanthropy should leverage its ...
September 14, 2023
Statement
... On September 5, the Trump administration upended the lives of 800,000 young immigrants, dimming their hopes and dreams, ... neighbors, and co-workers; they are students and teachers in our schools and universities; they worship alongside us; ... that they belong. Philanthropy played an important role in ensuring DACA’s success. Through the Delivering on ...
September 14, 2017
Statement
... to continue to receive the protections and benefits of the program. The ruling culminates a years-long legal ... recipients. Lawsuits challenging that decision resulted in federal courts ordering the government to continue renewing the DACA cases of those who were enrolled in the program while the lawsuits ...
June 18, 2020
Commentary
... unconscionable attempt to terminate the availability of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), ruling that ... to overturn the Trump administration’s termination of DACA is a monumental victory for nearly 700,000 DACA ... who can now continue to safely live, work, and study in the United States. Today’s decision also returns DACA to ...
June 18, 2020
Press Release
Twenty-six of California's leading foundations have signed onto this statement in support of DACA. Statement On September 5, 2017, the Trump ...
September 9, 2017
Statement