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June 18, 2020
News Article
... and deportation have become the entirety of America’s immigration enforcement strategy. This will strike many, ... and inevitable. How else is the nation to enforce its immigration laws? But U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) mass detention ...
December 2, 2020
Commentary
... primary and preventive health care to people regardless of immigration status or ability to pay, over fiscal years 2020 ... of 2020, is available for all workers, also regardless of immigration status. The FFCRA also has expanded the Family ... people who would otherwise qualify for Medicaid under the immigration eligibility criteria. Both the FFCRA and CARES ...
April 16, 2020
News Article
... up to support our undocumented friends and neighbors whose immigration status puts them in danger of hunger, ... to deploy nearly $80 million to build local capacity for immigration legal services, advocacy, and organizing. ...
May 11, 2020
Press Release
... and their family during this crisis, regardless of immigration status,” added Tegan Acton, President of ... of California owes in large measure to the steady flow of immigration into our state,” said Dr. Thomas Peters, ... to deploy nearly $80 million to build local capacity for immigration legal services, advocacy, and organizing. GCIR ...
April 15, 2020
Press Release
... (She requested KQED not use her real name because of her immigration status and to call her Patricia instead.) The $2 ... insurance are available to workers regardless of their immigration status. But those benefits don’t help the vast ... and results in massive layoffs, workers who lack legal immigration status are particularly vulnerable, said Derek ...
March 31, 2020
News Article
... wages and safe working conditions, regardless of age or immigration status. Adults and children should not be used as ... while building long-term power to secure comprehensive immigration reform at the national level. There is no ...
August 8, 2024
Blog Post
Over 70 foundations have signed a joint statement on immigration in the wake of President Trump’s executive order banning immigration from seven Muslim countries. The statement, ... diversity and equality noting that ‘the recently issued immigration executive orders compromise our nation’s ...
February 8, 2017
Philanthropic News
America needs a 21st-century immigration system that advances the economic, security, and ... contributions to our society. It must encourage legal immigration and its significant benefits to the American ... the economic interests of those already here. A working immigration system can help unite our country through our ...
November 11, 2020
Commentary
... help our immigrant friends, neighbors, and coworkers whose immigration status puts them in danger of hunger, ...
April 15, 2020
Response Fund
Before COVID-19 hit, President Trump was abusing immigration powers delegated to him by Congress to such an ... pandemic hit, a blizzard of executive actions buried the immigration statutes that now exist only on paper. The president has wholly replaced the normally operating immigration system that Congress crafted over the past seven ...
December 2, 2020
Commentary
... economic crisis, and record climate disasters. On the immigration front, he will face the task of undoing four years of polarizing rhetoric and draconian immigration policies, including more than 500 administrative ... and executive actions that have severely restricted immigration as part of a far-reaching white nationalist ...
November 10, 2020
Statement
... race, religion, sexual orientation, gender expression, immigration status, and national origin. The recently issued immigration executive orders compromise our nation’s ... additional challenges in the weeks and months ahead on the immigration front, including expanded detention and ...
February 6, 2017
Statement
An emergency assistance fund for immigrant & undocumented workers in South Florida.
May 4, 2020
Response Fund
How to Help is a fundraising effort organized by Democracy in Color, a project of Powerpac.org to support undocumented immigrants during this time of national crisis. Learn more about How to Help here.
April 21, 2020
Response Fund
Immigration detention was dangerous before President Trump ... global pandemic—have only made the situation more dire. Immigration detention has expanded in the past decade, driven ... mountains of evidence that reveal the dark reality of immigration detention, rife with coercion, physical abuse, ...
December 2, 2020
Commentary
This article is part of the Moving Forward on Immigration series that explores the future of immigration in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential ... election. President-elect Joe Biden’s plan on immigration stands in stark contrast to the xenophobic agenda ...
December 2, 2020
Commentary
In California, fear has gripped immigrant communities as federal authorities—newly empowered by the Trump administration—step up arrests and deportations. ... Foundations are also stepping forward to support immigrants.
March 14, 2017
Philanthropic News
... left out. Here are some food resources that do not take immigration status into account. “Grab and Go” School Meals All children, regardless of age or immigration status, can receive “grab and go” meals ... the National School Lunch Program, which does not take immigration status into account. The California Department of ...
April 3, 2020
News Article
If you’re an immigrant in Washington State experiencing hard times because of COVID-19, and you aren’t eligible for federal financial relief or unemployment insurance, this fund is for you.
October 1, 2020
Response Fund