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... U.S. in an increasingly hostile environment. USCIS puts in place difficult and cumbersome processes for sponsoring ... groups, particularly in areas such as communications. Refugee resettlement organizations could be supported in ... issues have been historically underrepresented in broader immigrant rights advocacy, there are now opportunities to ...
March, 2019
Issue Brief
Program Materials
... Legal services organizations are working overtime at immigrant detention centers to identify parents who have been ... border to prevent them from asserting their claims. Join us for 1.5-hour call to hear from a panel of experts on the ...
June 27, 2018
Webinar
... for GCIR's webinar "The Threat of AI and Technology to Immigrant Justice" here, including the session recording, ... links. Materials: The Threat of AI and Technology to Immigrant Justice ...
February, 2025
Program Materials
Join this webinar to learn how the detention system works, who operates the facilities, what is known about the conditions, and how philanthropy is engaging in this area. The program will also include an update on family separation and detention.
July 19, 2018
... holds an important voice in the national discussion. Join us in a conversation with academic, government, nonprofit, ... like under a federal administration unwelcoming of a pro-immigrant and justice reform agenda, and understand how ... Initiatives philanthropy is supporting to decrease immigrant detention Presenters Professor Peter Markowitz, ...
March 30, 2017
Co-Sponsored Program
... communities throughout Texas. This two-day event will take place on June 5-6, 2017, beginning with a funders’ briefing ... policies, and provide context for current realities facing immigrant and refugee children and families across the state. There will be ...
June 5, 2017
Learning Tour
... detention centers continues to create fear and harm in immigrant communities. According to a recent analysis by the National Committee on Responsive Philanthropy, 52% of immigrant detainees in the country are being detained in ... of the rural power building series: Session 1: Building Immigrant & Worker Power in Rural America Session 2: ...
January 25, 2023
Webinar
... an increasingly prominent role in our society, BIPOC and immigrant communities face the threat of biases and outright ... Please register by 5pm PT on Tuesday, February 4th. Registration is also open for for the second part of ... Innovative Tools to Serve Immigrant Communities ," taking place on Thursday, February 13th. Click here to register. ...
February 5, 2025
Webinar
... divestment, reinvestment, and other measures. Context Immigrant Detention Roughly 71 percent of immigrants held by ... 442 percent between 2000 and 2016. The total number of immigrant detainees is also climbing fast. In each of the ... Fifth Third Bank, and, most recently, PNC Bank . Moreover, US Bancorp has said it plans to exit the sector and ...
August, 2019
Funding Recommendations, Issue Brief
... first two sessions of the series: Session 1: Building Immigrant & Worker Power in Rural America Session 2: Promoting the Health and Wellbeing of Immigrant Workers in Rural Communities Materials: Strategies ...
January, 2023
Program Materials
This factsheet provides a brief overview of the deportation process and how legal services providers are striving to provide immigrants and refugees with access to affordable, qualified legal services.
March, 2017
Factsheet
This issue brief offers updated data and analysis on the Forum's 2013 report, The Math of Immigration Detention.
May, 2018
Issue Brief
... policy agenda and the longstanding proposals of anti-immigrant hate groups Federation for American Immigration ... U.S. was an original drafter of the United Nations 1951 Refugee Convention and historically has often worked behind ... families. While parole guidelines are still technically in place, advocates report that ICE denies requests almost ...
March, 2019
Report
... , Esq., Border Action Team Managing Attorney, Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project Dagoberto Bailon & Carla Bautista ... Esq., Executive Director, Las Americas Advocacy Center Luis Guerra , Strategic Capacity Director, CLINIC Luz ...
April 22, 2021
Partner Program
... (SEAFN) went to Cambodia on a Listening Tour. The purpose of the trip was to meet with deportees, learn about ... 2017, resulting in the separation of over 800 Cambodian refugee families. While some Cambodian deportees were born in ... in the United States as children, many were born in refugee camps in neighboring countries such as Thailand and ...
January 30, 2020
Co-Sponsored Program
Co-sponsors Children, Youth & Family Funders Roundtable Colorado Association of ...
June 21, 2018
Join Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) and Hispanics in Philanthropy (HIP) for a special two-part series with experts from the field on understanding the challenges and opportunities along the southern border, with an emphasis on the role philanthropy can play at this critical stage.
April 15, 2021
Partner Program
Description What happens after an immigrant is picked up by ICE? What government agencies are involved? And what happens in detention—or if an immigrant is released? Join this six-hour learning lab to learn about the journey of an immigrant in the United States’ immigration enforcement ...
September 12, 2018
Regional Briefing