... Sonia Nazario understands that the debate over immigration in America cannot be reduced to black or white, ... Nazario will share the importance of humanizing immigration — of getting to the roots of why families are ... Author of Enrique's Journey Marcela Ruiz , Chief of the Immigration and Refugee Programs Branch, California ...
July 18, 2019
Co-Sponsored Program
... to helping immigrants navigate the complexities of our immigration laws—and often means the difference between ...
March, 2017
Factsheet
... from a port of entry (under temporary injunction). 3 In Immigration Court DOJ strains Immigration Judges with ... participate and support these efforts. Educating lawmakers about asylum and identifying champions for a more progressive ... sweeping limits on access to asylum. Shift the Narrative About Asylum Seekers Effective messaging and communications ...
March, 2019
Issue Brief
... that the administration is using the backlog in immigration court case processing [3] as well as the recent ... also note the difficulty in gathering quantitative data about this trend), several noted that there is anecdotal ... from detention, government officials do not inform them about the one-year deadline to apply for asylum or assist ...
March, 2019
Report
Executive Summary The U.S. Immigration Policy Center (USIPC) at UC San Diego conducts ... is not Spanish, 87.9% were nevertheless given instructions about their immigration court dates by immigration officials ... American language, only 0.6% were given instructions about their immigration court dates by immigration officials ...
August, 2019
Report
... communications strategies that shift public perceptions about asylum and drive welcoming narratives. The ...
February, 2021
Funding Recommendations
... integration of refugees and their families. We will learn about the latest data on refugees and the urgency of ... Nina Zelic , Director for Refugee Services, Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services Moderator Aryah Somers ... Institute , 2018 What a New Dataset Can and Can’t Reveal About Refugees in America , Urban Institute , 2018 ...
March 28, 2019
Webinar
This webinar will explore key highlights from an analysis commissioned by GCIR and the Four Freedoms Fund on challenges to the asylum system and opportunities for intervention.
March 21, 2019
Monthly Immigration Policy Call
... 2006 “war” on drugs and organized crime, about 37,000 people have gone missing, according to the ...
March 26, 2019
Philanthropic News
This in-person program will feature the lived experiences of experts from various communities impacted by family separation, as well as reflections from funders involved in philanthropic responses.
May 16, 2019
Regional Briefing
Find all program-related materials for April's Monthly Immigration Policy Call, "First Responders at the Border: The ...
May, 2019
Program Materials
Join us this funders-only call to learn about how members of Funders for Refugees and Asylum Seekers ...
June 13, 2019
Webinar
October 30, 2019
Partner Program
Amidst travel restrictions and other government responses to the growing COVID-19 pandemic, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, as of March 17, 2020, temporarily suspended refugee resettlement departures—the actual travel of a refugee from their initial country of asylum to the country where they will be resettled. In addition to travel disruptions, the UNHCR cited concerns that refugees would be placed at a higher risk of contracting and transmitting the virus if they continued to travel as reasons behind their decision.
April 21, 2020
News Article
... public health officials and enforcement are concerned about the spread of the virus not only in the community but ... border, but it hasn't gone away..even if we aren't hearing about it in the same way. I know that there's a lot going ...
March 10, 2020
Memo
... Due to a GCIR board meeting, this edition of our Monthly Immigration Policy Call series has been moved to a Tuesday. ...
May 21, 2019
Monthly Immigration Policy Call
... to emergency health and medical services. Increased immigration enforcement and deportations , continued en-masse court proceedings, delays in immigration and asylum procedures, and other policy changes ...
March 18, 2020
Response Fund