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... cropped 800x456px.jpg Looking back on the first year of the Biden administration, we remember that there was ... great promise and early progress toward advancing immigrant justice and restoring immigrant rights. The ... reporting new variants and viruses, and demonstrates anti-Black racism that the administration must resolve in its ...
January 24, 2022
Commentary
In California, fear has gripped immigrant communities as federal authorities—newly ... also stepping forward to support immigrants. Earlier this month, the Silicon Valley Community Foundation’s board ... area that go back to 2008. “There is a considerable lack of knowledge in our state about ..." In Climate of Fear, ...
March 14, 2017
Philanthropic News
In recent decades, detention and deportation have become the entirety of America’s immigration enforcement strategy. This will ... two decades of the 21st century as in the entire previous history of the United States. 2 The brutality and enormous ...
December 2, 2020
Commentary
June 18, 2020
News Article
... White House, Joe Biden will likely seek to reverse much of President Donald Trump’s immigration legacy and push ... months or years to undo. Here is what to expect from Biden in six key immigration policy areas: 1. IMMIGRATION REFORM ... RESTRICTIONS 4. SKILLED FOREIGN WORKERS 5. REFUGEES 6. THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER Read the full article at the link below. ...
November 7, 2020
News Article
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
... 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
... 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
... 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
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
Nomzana Headshot - 750x1000px.jpg When you are a Black child in Africa, often the narrative is that our dreams ... and raised on the Continent and was exposed to a multitude of experiences ranging from extreme poverty to traveling to ... Committing to the WES team and their efforts to invest in immigrant and refugee communities felt like a no brainer ...
November 9, 2023
GCIR Board Feature
... addresses historical weaknesses and inequalities. Much of what he proposes to invest in are systems, communities, ... why, at GCIR, we strive to: Amplify examples of existing immigrant justice infrastructure, as we did in our April 21st ... multiple nonprofits can tap. Invest in the creation of community referral networks , which will be key to success as ...
May 26, 2021
President's Message
... on funders to take a stand against President Trump’s executive orders on immigrants and refugees. Since then, ... through the CHANGE Philanthropy network. For us it’s simple: We believe we’re stronger when we put love before ... Silence Is Not an Acceptable Response to Trump's Orders on Immigrants and Refugees ...
February 15, 2017
Philanthropic News
President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. has said that one of his first priorities will be rolling back his predecessor’s restrictive immigration policies . To do it, he may have to overhaul the Department of Homeland Security, which has been bent to President ...
November 15, 2020
News Article
President-elect of the United States Joseph Biden called for national unity in his victory speech on November 7. He said , “It’s time to put away the harsh rhetoric. To lower the ...
December 2, 2020
Commentary
... transition team this week announced its Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agency review team, and it would ... to take that swing away from the Trump administration once in office. The agency review teams are formed to evaluate the ... in office. Read the full article at the link below. Biden's picks for transition team the latest sign of a radically ...
November 13, 2020
News Article
As the daughter of a Chinese-Thai father and a Filipina mother, I struggled ... critical race theory in law school revealed to me the long history of discrimination against AAPI communities in the ... philanthropic community and field leaders in Houston next month. [i] ...
April 6, 2022
GCIR Staff Feature
... up in the United States, I was raised with an awareness of our nation’s history of colonialism and at times violent intervention in ... of being undocumented, and the power and promise of the immigrant rights movement. Those early seeds of consciousness ...
February 8, 2023
GCIR Board Feature