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... based on past or potential use of government benefit programs. This brief draws on unique data from California ... in the Well-Being and Basic Needs Survey (WBNS), a nationally representative, internet-based survey conducted in December 2019. We complemented survey findings with follow-up ...
May, 2020
Issue Brief
Description Immigration can be a high-profile issue but, even when it fades from the ... policies at all levels of government. In 2022 GCIR adopted a policy agenda informed by input from immigrant ... allow all lawfully present immigrants to access federal programs without discriminatory bars or waiting periods. ...
September 21, 2022
Webinar
Description A young mother who receives food through WIC. An ailing ... a visa or permanent residency status due to accessing programs that support the health and well-being of their ... their future in this country. This month’s edition of GCIR’s Monthly Immigration Policy Calls will provide an ...
April 19, 2018
Monthly Immigration Policy Call
By Daranee Petsod, GCIR President The Trump administration has launched its most ... far-reaching attack on immigrants to date in the guise of a seemingly innocuous regulatory change: the revised ... 15, barring delays due to litigation, immigrants accessing programs that help them meet basic needs, such as food, ...
September 10, 2019
President's Message
... to date. When it goes into effect on October 15, barring a court injunction, certain immigrants accessing programs ... additional information or resources contact Kevin Douglas, GCIR Director of National Programs: kevin@gcir.org Photo : Pan American Health Organization / Creative ...
August, 2019
Funding Recommendations, Issue Brief
... Boston Foundation today issued the following statement on a proposed rule change that would broadly expand the definition of how an immigrant could be classified as a “ public charge ,” a person who is likely to become dependent on the government ...
September 25, 2018
Statement
... proposed rule re-defining public charge. Stemming from a 2017 Trump Administration executive order encouraging ... In determining whether an applicant is “likely to become a public charge,” the proposed test would shift attention ... negative effect, and distinguishes between those benefit programs that can and cannot be assigned such a value. But in ...
September, 2018
Analysis, Funding Recommendations