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Throughout GCIR’s 30-year history, immigrants and refugees in the U.S. and across the ... welcoming and hostile, reflecting conflicting visions of who we are and want to be as a society. And for the past ... partners, has mounted a wide range of efforts to advance immigrant justice and belonging and create a society in which ...
March, 2020
Infographic
... state and local child welfare agencies. A growing share of children in the United States have at least one immigrant parent—slightly more than one in four as of 2017. ... though these vary considerably. This report explores this diversity of approaches, drawing on interviews with child ...
April, 2019
Report
This report, a collaboration between the Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC) and the University of San Francisco, compiles the most egregious policies ... from those who had it; eliminating process protections in how people are treated by the immigration agencies; ...
November, 2020
Report
As a Mexican immigrant dedicated to building my career in the philanthropy space, I’m deeply moved and inspired by ... the country, expresses the need to keep America a land of opportunity for immigrants and refugees seeking a better ...
February 9, 2017
Philanthropic News
Co-sponsors CHANGE Philanthropy Colorado Association of Funders Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers ... legislation have increasingly moved to criminalize immigrant communities, heighten penalties on immigrants who ... how the criminal justice reform and immigrant rights community are responding, and what funders can do at this ...
May 2, 2017
Webinar
... foundations have signed a joint statement on immigration in the wake of President Trump’s executive order banning immigration ... institutions and the world at large not only benefit from diversity and equality noting that ‘the recently issued ...
February 8, 2017
Philanthropic News
Description The first quarter of the year is not quite over, yet seemingly every week has ... major developments in the immigration policy sphere. This month alone, the Department of Justice sued California over ... That Choose To Enforce Federal Immigration Laws , National Immigrant Justice Center, March 7, 2018. Registration ...
March 15, 2018
Monthly Immigration Policy Call
... Few groups are facing as many challenges as the immigrant family. Join us for a webinar featuring a new ... from The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, Living in an Immigrant Family in America: How Fear and Toxic Stress ... held in eight cities across four states with a total of 100 parents in immigrant families, who represented 15 ...
March 8, 2018
Webinar
... Taskforce GCIR Description The policy debate underway in Washington, D.C. has serious implications for lives across ... the nation, but few groups face as many challenges as immigrant families. The health, nutrition, and economic security of immigrant families are threatened by many recent ...
September 12, 2017
Webinar
... advances the economic, security, and societal interests of all Americans. It must strike the proper balance between ... American economy without harming the economic interests of those already here. A working immigration system can help ...
November 11, 2020
Commentary
... to him by Congress to such an extent that the rest of the statutory law was quickly becoming obsolete. Once the pandemic hit, a blizzard of executive actions buried the immigration statutes that now ...
December 2, 2020
Commentary
Collection of essays and policy proposals around immigration reform put ...
November, 2020
Report
... situation more dire. Immigration detention has expanded in the past decade, driven largely by large private prison ... care for those in U.S. government custody. For years, immigrant rights groups have documented the deplorable ... medical experts, and organizers have built mountains of evidence that reveal the dark reality of immigration ...
December 2, 2020
Commentary
With the election of a new president, Congress has the opportunity to correct the two fundamental flaws that plague the current U.S. system. First, the system is too restrictive, which ... 52 reform ideas to correct these two major flaws—first, in the enforcement of violations of the immigration system ...
November, 2020
Analysis
... even when it fades from the headlines, the work to advance immigrant justice never stops. In the face of considerable challenges, advocates are developing new ...
September 21, 2022
Webinar
Join the first quarterly California Immigrant Integration Initiative (CIII) statewide meeting ... hear updates from CA funders. Agenda to follow. California Immigrant Initiative 2021 Quarter I Meeting ...
February 23, 2021
Group Meeting
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 ...
December 2, 2020
Commentary
Progressive Democrats in Congress are calling for President-elect Joe Biden to dismantle the federal government’s deportation machine, broaden immigrants’ access to social ...
December 11, 2020
News Article
... Biden has promised a new course on immigration policy in his Administration. The challenges before him and his ... but so are the opportunities to reaffirm the importance of immigration to American society, American culture, and the ... Reform the H-2B visa program Create a Start-Up visa for immigrant entrepreneurs Give states and localities a role in ...
November, 2020
Issue Brief
... Joe Biden pledged during the campaign to reverse some of the most restrictive immigration actions undertaken during Donald Trump’s four years in office, including family separation and a travel ban on ... and forthcoming policy ideas from MPI’s Rethinking U.S. Immigration Policy initiative , the brief sketches ...
November, 2020
Issue Brief