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... charge” rule still pose risks, especially in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The new rule significantly expands ... were the most trusted source (67.9 percent), followed by US Citizenship and Immigration Services (63.3 percent), state government agencies (55.4 percent), and local ...
May, 2020
Issue Brief
... work to advance immigrant justice never stops. In the face of considerable challenges, advocates are developing new ... government. In 2022 GCIR adopted a policy agenda informed by input from immigrant justice movement leaders, GCIR ... Drive SAFE Act (HB 4835), which would allow undocumented state residents to apply for drivers’ licenses, an ...
September 21, 2022
Webinar
... democracy through the rewriting of our immigration system by fiat. The tremendous amount of confusion and anxiety the ... of whether they have explicit public charge-response resources and capacity. From increased walk-ins and phone ... allies also continue to build power and push local and state-level reforms that improve the quality of life and ...
August, 2019
Funding Recommendations, Issue Brief
... This policy change, which is currently under review by the Office for Management and Budget, aims to curtail ... Our Future ,” is uniting a cross-sector of key national, state, and local level organizations to protect and defend ... limited to organizations that share GCIR’s core values.) Resources [Draft Regulation-Updated April 3, 2018] ...
April 19, 2018
By Daranee Petsod, GCIR President The Trump administration ... far-reaching attack on immigrants to date in the guise of a seemingly innocuous regulatory change: the revised ... In antebellum America, public charge was a factor that state and local governments used in determining whether to ...
September 10, 2019
President's Message
... connecting coronavirus and public charge. In light of efforts by anti-immigrant activists to link immigration with infectious disease, the PIF ...
March, 2020
Talking Points
... rule change that would broadly expand the definition of how an immigrant could be classified as a “ public ... “The Boston Foundation stands strong with dozens of other organizations in opposition to proposed changes in ... they are rightfully entitled, or those made necessary by disaster or other unexpected hardships, such as the recent ...
September 25, 2018
Statement
On Saturday, DHS posted on its website the text of its much-anticipated proposed rule re-defining public ... executive order encouraging “extreme vetting” of immigrants and refugee applicants, the agency’s proposed ... and nonimmigrant applicants, since the Department of State traditionally joins in USCIS interpretations of grounds ...
September, 2018
Analysis, Funding Recommendations
On October 10th, the Department of Homeland Security filed a change to a long-standing tenet of federal immigration law that will endanger the health and well-being ...
December 6, 2018
Statement