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... with donor-advised funds—to learn more about the Hate Is Not Charitable Campaign and sign on; read about the anti-immigrant movement and the private money funding it; and ...
June 3, 2019
Blog Post
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As a former lawyer who focused on asylum issues, immigration detention has always struck me as one of the cruelest and most ... exponentially since the 1990s, currently hovering at about 55,000 nationwide. Hence, the work to curb immigrant detention is vitally ...
September 30, 2019
Blog Post
... to the Department of Homeland Security U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in opposition to the proposed ‘public charge’ rule ... negative public sentiment and perpetuate a false narrative about immigrant families that stokes the bias, fear and hatred that threaten ...
December 4, 2018
Statement
... Based on my experience, there’s one thing I can tell you about criminally prosecuting people for crossing the border:
It doesn’t work.
Right now, about 99% of my clients are charged with “1325” and “1326,” the federal ...
July 29, 2019
... Irvine Foundation, bemoaned the "ugly" state of discourse about immigration issues in a blog post . "We look forward to working with those ...
July 31, 2019
Philanthropic News
... Luther King, Jr., some may not have been aware that the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 was among the many hard-won victories ... frameworks, and shift our individual and collective mindsets about how best to advance the rights and inclusion of marginalized communities. ...
January 23, 2019
Commentary
... progressive goals.
"Big questions are being asked about what kind of country we will be,” Gerson said. “History tells us that forward motion on social issues in this country comes about through movements, and funders have urgent opportunities and a role to ...
June 3, 2019
... and values the contributions of all people.”
About the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund
The Evelyn and Walter Haas, ...
January 8, 2019
Press Release
... comes from a foundation that has been paying attention to immigration issues at the border for years, starting long before the 2016 ... CEO Luz Vega-Marquis recently told me.
I spoke with her about MCF’s support of grassroots groups, and the role philanthropy can play ...
August 28, 2019
News Article
... opposition; our collective advocacy is critical. Learn more about the proposed change here , and here , and read what national ...
May 28, 2019
Statement
... has indeed come to pass. Another child has died in Federal immigration custody, the sixth in a year and the fifth since December alone. ... change from our government we must look within ourselves about what the deaths of these children mean about us. How many more children ...
May 20, 2019
Press Release
... words, “is incongruent with what the record reveals about the agency’s priorities and decision-making process.”
Supreme ...
June 28, 2019
Statement
... reasoning for adding the question. For now the question about citizenship will not be added to the 2020 census.
Sulma Arias, ...
June 28, 2019
Statement
... businesses and nonprofits use the data to make decisions about where their services are needed.
Although there’s a constitutional ... if the Trump administration succeeds in adding a question about citizenship status to the census. (So far, the proposal has been ...
April 4, 2019
Philanthropic News
... situation shook out. Quite a bit has now been written about how funders have responded—and are responding—to the developments of ... policy is no accident. Despite philanthropy’s wariness about appearing too political, funders have found it necessary under Trump to ...
May 7, 2018
Philanthropic News
... consider making additional grants to educate communities about the Court’s ruling and address lingering concerns. You could also fund ...
June 27, 2019
Statement
Twenty-six members of GCIR's Delivering on the Dream collaborative have signed onto this statement in support of DACA.
September 9, 2017
Statement
... office did not immediately respond to a question about how the $20 million funding amount was determined.
Moore hopes that ... available.”
She also said there are serious concerns about the way the budget outlines the distribution of the funding.
Census ...
April 1, 2019
News Article
... like many of you over President Trump’s racist comments about “the squad’ – referring to four women of color in Congress. What ... on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, I often spoke about this notion that Asian-Americans are perceived as perpetual foreigners ...
July 22, 2019
Commentary
... would be unconstitutional because, at a time of increased immigration enforcement and anti-immigrant rhetoric, it hinders the ... way to the Supreme Court.
A Supreme Court hearing about whether including the question is constitutional and the New York ruling, ...
April 5, 2019