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... “There is a considerable lack of knowledge in our state about ..." In Climate of Fear, California Funders Step Up for ...
March 14, 2017
Philanthropic News
... many of the Trump administration’s racist and draconian immigration policies , including fortifying Deferred Action ... to immigrant communities. Read our analysis below to learn about the work ahead of us and how philanthropy can help our ... Enforcement Background Under the Trump administration, immigration officials had broad enforcement authority, ...
January 24, 2022
Commentary
June 18, 2020
News Article
America needs a 21st-century immigration system that advances the economic, security, and ... contributions to our society. It must encourage legal immigration and its significant benefits to the American ... the economic interests of those already here. A working immigration system can help unite our country through our ...
November 11, 2020
Commentary
Before COVID-19 hit, President Trump was abusing immigration powers delegated to him by Congress to such an ... pandemic hit, a blizzard of executive actions buried the immigration statutes that now exist only on paper. The president has wholly replaced the normally operating immigration system that Congress crafted over the past seven ...
December 2, 2020
Commentary
Immigration detention was dangerous before President Trump ... global pandemic—have only made the situation more dire. Immigration detention has expanded in the past decade, driven ... mountains of evidence that reveal the dark reality of immigration detention, rife with coercion, physical abuse, ...
December 2, 2020
Commentary
... and deportation have become the entirety of America’s immigration enforcement strategy. This will strike many, ... and inevitable. How else is the nation to enforce its immigration laws? But U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) mass detention ...
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 xenophobic agenda ...
December 2, 2020
Commentary
... below. Progressives are getting ready to push Biden on immigration reform ...
December 11, 2020
News Article
... moved and inspired by the Joint Foundation Statement on Immigration organized by Grantmakers Concerned with ... Over 100 Foundations Sign Joint Statement in Support of Immigration ...
February 9, 2017
Philanthropic News
... likely seek to reverse much of President Donald Trump’s immigration legacy and push ahead with his own agenda. While ... to undo. Here is what to expect from Biden in six key immigration policy areas: 1. IMMIGRATION REFORM AND ‘DREAMERS 2. TRUMP’S TRAVEL BANS ...
November 7, 2020
News Article
A week ago, Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees issued a powerful joint statement calling on funders to take a stand against President Trump’s executive orders on immigrants and refugees.
February 15, 2017
Philanthropic News
... will be rolling back his predecessor’s restrictive immigration policies . To do it, he may have to overhaul the ... article at the link below. Biden Faces Early Test With Immigration and Homeland Security After Trump ...
November 15, 2020
News Article
... the election. Read the full commentary at the link below. Immigration Advocates Can Have a Role in Advancing National ...
December 2, 2020
Commentary
... team the latest sign of a radically different approach to immigration ...
November 13, 2020
News Article
Over 70 foundations have signed a joint statement on immigration in the wake of President Trump’s executive order banning immigration from seven Muslim countries. The statement, ... diversity and equality noting that ‘the recently issued immigration executive orders compromise our nation’s ...
February 8, 2017
Philanthropic News
... expected to quickly start dismantling President Trump's immigration agenda. After Mr. Biden is sworn-in in January, ... also intends to rescind Mr. Trump's travel and immigration restrictions on 13 countries, most of which ... the link below. Biden plans sweeping reversal of Trump's immigration agenda, from deportations to asylum policy ...
November 11, 2020
News Article
... actions President Trump has used to tighten the U.S. immigration system. But Biden also will start his term in a ... the strains of the coronavirus pandemic, a crippling immigration court backlog and a demoralized workforce at the ... full article at the link below. Biden plans to spurn Trump immigration restrictions, but risk of new border crisis looms ...
December 2, 2020
News Article
... had begun a discussion with its members after the election about taking a public stance against Trump’s immigration policies. Some funders were keen to have their ... that are not members of GCIR. “This is really about values.” In particular, she said, the “impact of ...
February 6, 2017
Philanthropic News
... Trump claimed the bill would create a “merit-based immigration system that protects U.S. workers and ... they were in 1987 — when the U.S. population was about a quarter smaller , substantially younger and ... living in the United States came here legally. Only about a quarter of the foreign-born are unauthorized; that ...
November 10, 2020
News Article