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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
The Road Ahead Series: Deportation Defense Options
... in California . We updated our 2019 study by assessing the impact of recent developments – including the Covid-19 ...
May, 2022
Report
Immigration Legal Services in California: A Time for Bold Action
October, 2021
Program Materials
Materials: Beyond Welcoming Afghan Arrivals
... Studies (CIS). Several people interviewed were confident, based on extensive evidence, that these systematic attacks ... and intimidation. Interviewees emphasized that the impact of these combined attacks is devastating and ... Limiting asylum seekers’ rights to a full hearing. [9] Issuing dashboards (referred to by advocates as ...
March, 2019
Report
Memorandum on Challenges to the Asylum System, Points of Leverage, and Advocates’ Recommendations to Grantmakers

Find all materials for GCIR's "Transnational Strategy Community of Practice Q2 2025 Meeting" here, including the session transcript and relevant links, here.
Group Materials
Materials: Transnational Strategy Community of Practice Q2 2025 Meeting

Find all program-related materials for GCIR's webinar "Protecting the Right to Seek Refuge" here, including the session recording and transcription of the meeting.
December, 2023
Program Materials
Materials: Protecting the Right to Seek Refuge

Find all program-related materials for GCIR's webinar "Welcoming Houston: Providing Support to new Immigrants in Texas" here, including session recording and powerpoint. 
November, 2022
Program Materials
Materials: Welcoming Houston: Providing Support to New Immigrants in Texas
... system and opportunities for intervention. This summary is based upon “Memorandum on Challenges to the Asylum System, ... policies that do not take into account humanitarian impact. Rather than addressing root causes or providing ... them at risk in unsafe and underresourced communities. 2 Upon Entry DOJ ramps up criminal prosecutions for illegal ...
March, 2019
Issue Brief
Dismantling of the U.S. Asylum System and Points of Leverage for Philanthropy
... At the same time, the pandemic’s disproportionate impact on low-income, Black, Indigenous and people of color ...
September, 2021
Analysis
For Immigrants, Legal Services Are Critical. Here’s How Philanthropy Can Expand Access

Find all program-related materials for GCIR's webinar "Beyond the Border: How Receiving Cities are Welcoming Asylum Seekers" here, including the session recording and transcription of the meeting.
August, 2023
Program Materials
Materials: Beyond the Border: How Receiving Cities are Welcoming Asylum Seekers

Find all program-related materials for GCIR Webinar, "Strategies for Advancing Pro-immigrant Policies", here, including recording and powerpoint. 
September, 2022
Program Materials
Materials: Strategies for Advancing Pro-immigrant Policies

Find all program-related materials for GCIR's webinar "Building Immigrant Women's Economic Power" here, including the session recording and PowerPoint. 
April, 2023
Program Materials
Materials: Building Immigrant Women's Economic Power