GCIR's staff members represent diverse backgrounds, are experts on a range of issues affecting immigrants and refugees, and have extensive experience working in the philanthropic and nonprofit sectors.
On June 18, 2020 the U.S. Supreme Court sided with DACA recipients ruling that the way in which the Trump administration rescinded the DACA program in 2017 was unlawful. The decision is a huge victory for immigrant communities and their allies who mobilized to protect the DACA program.
June, 2020
Issue Brief
... To get us started, we'd love to learn more about you, your organization, and the communities that you ... to me – it’s personal. When I first learned about the United Farm Workers and our rights in the ... understood how much we had been exploited. I learned about the importance of organizing and the power of having ...
December 7, 2023
GCIR Blog Series
... to what they learn.” With the ever-changing dynamics of immigration in the U.S. and globally, the ability of funders ... might furthermore embark upon their own internal learning about the issues they seek to address. The major challenges ... with migration. So, what do funders need to know about learning? First, think of learning and strategy as ...
September 9, 2024
Blog Post
... investing in housing and homelessness programs should care about the count, what some of the concerns and barriers are ... will walk away from this webinar with: Knowledge about what the current Census 2020 operational timeline; An understanding about the importance of the Census 2020 count's impact on ...
December 12, 2019
Co-Sponsored Program
... All eligible individuals are encouraged to consult with an immigration attorney to apply for, or renew, their DACA ... Advocacy Clinic (WIRAC) at Yale Law School, the National Immigration Law Center (NILC), and lawyers at MRNY. The ... and deporting thousands, to severely restricting lawful immigration, to militarizing the border. At the insistence of ...
June 18, 2020
Press Release
... justice causes that demand our attention. Navigating the immigration system alongside my wife who immigrated from ... what was new was getting a close-up look at a byzantine immigration system that makes it extremely difficult for ... in children, youth, and older adults – the issue of immigration stood out to me because of the magnitude of the ...
July 13, 2022
GCIR Staff Feature
We at GCIR are heartbroken about the devastating crises unfolding in Afghanistan and ...
August 19, 2021
Statement
... a reduction in income of at least 50%. We will not ask for immigration status, nor is it considered in determining ...
April 21, 2020
Response Fund
... have severely limited mobility, longer-standing questions about how best to manage regional migration remain as ...
November, 2020
Report
... huge risk they'll be left out in the cold. The New York Immigration Coalition has launched the #NYunited Fund to ...
May 4, 2020
Response Fund
... communities and galvanizes funders to resource a robust immigration and refugee rights power-building ecosystem. We ...
February, 2023
Organization Materials
Today, the Supreme Court blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). While the decision was made on procedural grounds and not on the merits of the program, it nevertheless provides a reprieve for 650,000 immigrants and their families, including more than 250,000 U.S.-citizen children.
June 18, 2020
Statement
... seeking to curtail both authorized and unauthorized immigration, including the Muslim ban, stepped-up enforcement ...
September 14, 2017
Statement
Join GCIR in a dialogue with leaders who operate in both the traditional refugee resettlement space and who can share perspectives on the new community sponsorship program. Learn how philanthropy can better mobilize resources to protect those seeking safety and refuge in the United States.
November 29, 2023
Webinar
