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... new report capturing learnings from the California Dignity for Families Fund, “ Providing Refuge & Restoring Dignity: ... relief to newly arrived migrants, ensure due process for asylum seekers, and support their integration into ... California. The Fund has been driven forward by bold action in the midst of uncertainty and has employed ...
October, 2023
Report
... strategy that has defined immigration politics for two decades. It is a unity blueprint intended as a launching point for an open-source effort that centers grassroots voices on ...
June, 2019
Analysis
The new immigration system has eliminated the core principles of immigration law and replaced them with the current president’s own preferences. It’s time for Congress to rectify it.
December 2, 2020
Commentary
As the daughter of a Chinese-Thai father and a Filipina mother, I struggled with ... are you really from?” when my answer was unsatisfactory for my interrogator, started to trigger me. Ivy Headshot ... which prevented women from immigrating from China, and the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 were the first federal laws to ...
April 6, 2022
GCIR Staff Feature
... systems; a review of national policy implications for immigrants in the region; and a set of funding recommendations for local, state, regional, and national funders. Immigrants ... and Washington: Creating an Inclusive and Dynamic Future for All ...
May, 2014
Report
... facilitates philanthropic collaboration to better support affirmative and defensive legal services across the state. ... to grantmaking institutions and philanthropic advisors. For more information about LSWG, contact Melissa Nop . ... (CVIIC) Angelica Salas , Executive Director, The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA) Kerri Talbot , Deputy ...
June 9, 2021
Group Meeting
... States v. Texas, which halted the expansion of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and the creation of Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents. This ...
April, 2017
GCIR Annual Report
March 11, 2020
... on Immigrant Families and Communities: Recommendations for Philanthropic Action In these tumultuous times when people the world over ... in the United States. We believe this moment calls for philanthropy to lead with courage to advance an ...
April, 2020
Funding Recommendations
... in 2017 was unlawful. The decision is a huge victory for immigrant communities and their allies who mobilized to ... can again try to end the program through an executive action. Only Congress, through federal legislation, can create an opportunity for DACA recipients to get green cards and eventual U.S. ...
June, 2020
Issue Brief
... who are working can’t afford to take time off. Waiting for federal or state government assistance is not an option. ... a membership base of Laotian refugees in Richmond and Chinese immigrants in Oakland. We maintain community-based ... and Richmond, California, offering year round programming for hundreds of working-class Asian immigrants and refugees. ...
April 17, 2020
Response Fund
April 15, 2020
Philanthropic News
... tactics to get low responding tracts to take action. “Time is running out to make an impact on the funding for the next 10 years for your community! Take a few minutes to complete the Census ...
August 31, 2020
Press Release
President-elect Joe Biden will take office under pressure to repudiate and rescind many, if not most, of the more than 400 executive actions President Trump has used to tighten the U.S. immigration system. But Biden also will start his term in a bind that could make such changes difficult to accomplish in short order.
December 2, 2020
News Article
... disasters. Returning to Haiti is not a viable option for them. Waiting in squalid conditions in Texas, ... of Haitians are being denied the opportunity to apply for asylum, a right to which they are entitled by law. The ... Civil Liberties Union and others have filed a class-action lawsuit seeking to end the expulsions. Members of ...
October 7, 2021
Issue Spotlight
This one-page infographic summarizes the Delivering on the Dream network's impact, leverage, reach, and other metrics between its inception in 2013 and 2015.
July, 2015
Infographic
Below are all program-related materials for GCIR's 2022 National Convening plenary, "Achieving ...
May, 2022
Program Materials