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DESCRIPTION Immigrants and refugees are diversifying and reviving rural America, yet the ... According to a recent analysis by the National Committee on Responsive Philanthropy, 52% of immigrant detainees in the ... detaining people in rural areas far from legal resources. In this webinar session – a part of GCIR’s ...
January 25, 2023
Webinar
... held by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on any given day are in privately operated prisons, versus ... companies have a financial stake in mass incarceration, from private healthcare providers and food service operators ... to stop doing so: JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Bank of America, SunTrust, BNP Paribas, Fifth Third Bank, and, most ...
August, 2019
Funding Recommendations, Issue Brief
... "Strategies for Resisting Immigration Detention in Rural America" webinar here, including the session recording and PowerPoint. This webinar was part of our series on building power in rural America. We invite you to view the video recordings and materials from the first two sessions of the series: Session 1: ...
January, 2023
Program Materials
Program Materials
... risk of deportation has never been greater for immigrants, refugees, and other newcomers living in the United States, as ... or maintaining lawful status and permanent separation from family and community. This factsheet provides a brief ... services providers are striving to provide immigrants and refugees with access to affordable, qualified legal services. ...
March, 2017
Factsheet
... the Obama administration experimented with restrictions on asylum and asylum seekers, it proceeded more cautiously, ... the public and policy makers, prevent the use of state resources in detaining asylum seekers, develop legal ... and continuous polling and research. Identify effective messaging, such as using the administration’s law and order ...
March, 2019
Report
... to the infrastructure that protects asylum seekers and refugees coming to the U.S. From limited shelter capacity to harmful narratives ... mounting a robust humanitarian response. Fortunately, NGOs on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border have deep experience ...
April 15, 2021
Partner Program
... for intervention. This summary is based upon “Memorandum on Challenges to the Asylum System, Points of Leverage, and ... i.e., staffing, convening opportunities, and other resources, to implement any plans that would be developed. ... asylum. Shift the Narrative About Asylum Seekers Effective messaging and communications are needed to increase public ...
March, 2019
Issue Brief
... Hispanics in Philanthropy to host a second program focused on challenges at the border and the role philanthropy can ... localized funding efforts; and identify next steps to move resources in the region. This series is open to interested ... Queer Pueblo Daniella Burgi-Palomino, Co-Director, Latin America Working Group Felipe Navarro-Lux , Manager of ...
April 22, 2021
Partner Program
... intelligence (AI) and technological advances take on an increasingly prominent role in our society, BIPOC and ... services to their communities. In this two-part series on the intersection of AI, technology and immigrant justice, ... and whether or not individuals should be released from detention. AI and technology tools are also being used ...
February 5, 2025
Webinar
... fueled this surge. Yet it may not last. A new report from Migration Policy Institute finds it is ... the form of welcoming or sanctuary policies—from state and local governments, with whom 70 to 85 percent ... Enforcement under Trump and the Pushb ack , based on their study of 15 localities around the country, including ...
June 21, 2018
... Southwest and Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) are pleased to offer a special program for ... throughout Texas. This two-day event will take place on June 5-6, 2017, beginning with a funders’ briefing in ... The funders’ briefing will feature expert speakers – from national policy analysts and demographers to business ...
June 5, 2017
Learning Tour
Find all program-related materials for GCIR's webinar "The Threat of AI and Technology to Immigrant Justice" here, including the session recording, transcription of the webinar, and relevant links.
February, 2025
Program Materials
Description: Last November, representatives from New Breath Foundation , Advancing Justice - Asian ... Southeast Asia Freedom Network (SEAFN) went to Cambodia on a Listening Tour. The purpose of the trip was to meet with ... of deportees. Every year, deportations of Cambodian refugees have increased in frequency with the most recent ...
January 30, 2020
Co-Sponsored Program
... the criminal justice system without a hearing or any news on when their detention might end. The vast majority of ... as we explore the history of immigration detention in America, analyze reforms at the local and federal level, ... Co-Sponsors Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees Justice Reform Group Is Immigration Detention the ...
March 30, 2017
Co-Sponsored Program
Co-Sponsors Council on Foundations Early Childhood Funders Collaborative Funders ... hundreds who are under four years old—from their parents as they arrive on our southern border seeking refuge. Attorneys and other ...
June 27, 2018
Webinar
... and organizing campaigns while shifting the narrative on immigration. With no end in sight for toughened ... role in resourcing the capacity building of organizations on the frontlines. registration To register for this ... please click here . Photo by Jeanne Sager Photography on iStock , is licensed under standard license. Protecting ...
June 5, 2025
Webinar
... in the United States’ immigration enforcement system, from apprehension and initial processing to detention and ...
September 12, 2018
Regional Briefing