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... for unaccompanied minors, ends the longstanding US policy of allowing individuals who present at a border the ... illness in overcrowded and unsanitary encampments. The new policy, which will only allow the border to be reopened once ... of the supposed political expediency of “getting tough on the border.” We recently partnered with Hispanics in ...
June 5, 2024
Statement
... efforts led by Southeast Asian young women. Read on as Lian shares how her experience as a child refugee led ... I spent the first few years of my life in a refugee camp on the Thai border. Both the experience of being a refugee ... women I was surrounded by growing up were a huge influence on me, but my biggest influence and source of support has ...
July 12, 2021
GCIR Blog Series
... of the first three stimulus bills, some economic relief is on the horizon for the average American. Unfortunately, there ... payments, and any future stimulus support. Everyone who files tax returns, regardless of immigration status, should ... care facilities, and other COVID-19 testing or quarantine sites or against people traveling to such sites. And while ...
April 16, 2020
News Article
... these newcomers with generosity and resources, I reflected on the fundamental right to move freely. As described by the ... published a final rule last month codifying existing DACA policy into regulation and finally moving the policy out of the shakier realm of agency memo. While the ...
September 29, 2022
President's Message
... war. Ninety percent of these migrants entered the country on humanitarian parole (HP), which allows them to live and ... Act . We encourage funders to join GCIR in signing on to Evacuate Our Allies’ endorsement of the AAA . Passage of the AAA is one of GCIR’s national policy priorities , and is a top priority for Afghan American ...
October 6, 2022
Issue Spotlight
... the spread of Covid-19 through the Trump-era Title 42 policy, migrants are being sent back to a country reeling ... of protest. Haitian and Black-led organizations are on the front lines of this response, providing humanitarian ... to end the expulsions. Members of Congress are calling on officials to stop these mass deportations and to take ...
October 7, 2021
Issue Spotlight
... demands of impacted-led groups. Support the work of groups on the ground that have been advocating for a legislative ... But so far, however, Congress has yet to follow through on the behalf of Afghans. In 2021, thousands of Afghans were ... broader philanthropic sector for us to finally make good on the promises we made more than two decades ago by offering ...
March 18, 2024
Commentary
... the face of these challenges, GCIR doubled-down this year on developing programming, resources, and partnerships that ... through the California Immigrant Inclusion Initiative (CIII) , and we convened funders in the U.S. Southeast ... on the Hill in DC to advance our values-based policy agenda by bringing the most pressing immigrant and ...
December 17, 2024
Blog Post
... apply for DACA, they never established a direct reliance on DACA’s protections. During this time, however, many of ... should announce that it will end its attacks on DACA recipients and reopen the program to new applicants. ...
July 13, 2020
News Article
... work possible. We are excited and grateful to embark on this next part of our organizational journey with you, and ... times, we seek to move with purpose, towards purpose, and on purpose, and we believe that our new theory of change can ...
February 7, 2023
President's Message
... local levels strategically, continuing our strong focus on California while deepening our engagement in other parts ... and priorities, and we will be piloting programmatic and policy activities to address those issues in the future. ... beyond grantmaking, including collaborative planning, policy advocacy, and narrative change work. We are seeing ...
July 19, 2023
Blog Post
... for her two young sons and can’t afford to miss a day on the job. But these days, with the COVID-19 pandemic ... can spread really, really quickly,” said Lucas Zucker, policy and communications director for the Central Coast ... can have it spread over time,” said Ritz. The Economic Policy Institute also warns that the peak in farm ...
April 4, 2020
News Article
Home is Here.jpg On July 16, a federal judge in Texas ruled that Deferred ... families whose hopes of building a better future rested on DACA. The reverberating impact will be felt throughout the ... in ensuring DACA’s success through GCIR’s Delivering on the Dream initiative. More than 100 foundations ...
July 21, 2021
Statement
... We stand with immigrant families and continue to advocate policy changes that ensure the health and well-being of ALL ... organizations across the state are operating meal sites. For the most up-to-date information on participating sites, families should contact their local ...
April 3, 2020
News Article
... Californians as it considers important funding and policy decisions within the context of the Executive ... California Grantmakers Debbie McKeon, President & CEO San Diego Grantmakers Christine Essel, President & CEO ... Stanislaus Community Foundation Fred Blackwell, CEO San Francisco Foundation Nicole Taylor, President & CEO ...
April 9, 2020
Blog Post
... long periods of detention. As a former lawyer who focused on asylum issues, immigration detention has always struck me ... and the Four Freedoms Fund, we organized a learning lab on detention issues. The all-day training session built on a ... announcement of plans to end the county’s contract with ICE at its facility. Advocates had scrambled to ensure ...
September 30, 2019
Blog Post
... to figure out where to set up shop, and researchers rely on it for their findings. Philanthropy uses data derived from ... into census organizers’ plans, the news isn’t all bad. On the funding front, a dedicated cadre of philanthropies has ... groups active on the ground, embraces three goals: backing policy work to bolster census funding and implementation, ...
April 9, 2020
Commentary
... such relief at the local and state levels—is predicated on a durable, interconnected, and well-resourced ... highlighting the coordinated and strategic narrative, policy, and solidarity efforts by AAPI leaders, not only to ... learning communities, research, and tools that focus on infrastructure, like the California Legal Services ...
May 26, 2021
President's Message
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and ... California Immigrant Resilience Fund. The Fund, launched on April 15, 2020 in partnership with California ...
May 11, 2020
Press Release
... renew their protection, but the judge maintained the block on new applications from going forward. While the ... more about the impact of the court’s recent decision on our families, friends, neighbors, and communities. ...
September 14, 2023
Statement