... 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
... 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
... 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
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
November 2, 2020
Press Release
... They need to reopen the program." US Citizenship and Immigration Services, part of the Department Homeland ... has been updated with comment from US Citizenship and Immigration Services. Judge orders Trump administration to ...
July 17, 2020
News Article
... of the new public charge rule dwarfs that of any other immigration policy under this administration thus far. The ... for which they are eligible. Fearing the potential immigration consequences, many have preemptively disenrolled ... since the very first executive actions, recognizing that immigration issues are integral to all funding priorities. ...
September 10, 2019
President's Message
... countries can also drive migration. Immigrant women whose immigration status is dependent on their partners and women ... or an added layer of vulnerability due to their immigration status – funders can invest in housing, ...
April 4, 2023
Issue Spotlight
Many of our immigrant community members work in temporary or low-wage jobs without access to sick leave, unemployment or the ability to work remotely. Immigrants, many of them undocumented, do essential work that sustains us all.
April 24, 2020
Response Fund
The stimulus legislation will not extend a helping hand to hard-working immigrant families who do not qualify for federal assistance, even in the midst of a pandemic. If you have reliable income and can afford it, your pledge and eventual donation will be directed to Bridges Academy, an Oakland public school, that serves a largely immigrant population where 80% of students are English language learners.
April 21, 2020
Response Fund
The first quarterly President Message from Marissa Tirona, GCIR President.
January 29, 2021
President's Message
December 2, 2020
News Article
... 2017 DACA rescission memorandum, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has taken no public steps to ...
July 13, 2020
News Article
... that have been historically excluded from the immigration funding space, including disability justice ... Status (TPS) for 18 months. According to the American Immigration Council, of the 344,000 Ukrainian immigrants in ... approximately 34,000 do not have an otherwise defined immigration status. These 34,000 Ukrainian immigrants, ...
March 24, 2022
President's Message
About More than 200 philanthropic institutions from across ... own statistics. These parents are still languishing in immigration detention without information about the whereabouts of their children, including many under ...
June 13, 2018
Statement
... to deploy nearly $80 million to build local capacity for immigration legal services, advocacy, and organizing. ...
October 6, 2021
Press Release
As we face one of the worst pandemics of our lifetimes, we know that our best chance of weathering the storm is to pool our resources and help the people in our communities that need it most. APEN is organizing a COVID-19 Emergency Community Stabilization Fund to make sure that the working class Asian immigrants and refugees in our communities have what they need to stay home and stay healthy during this pandemic.
April 17, 2020
Response Fund
... alone, Census responses increased 3 percentage points – about 435,000 California households responded to the Census ...
April 9, 2020
Blog Post
... New Way Forward , which seeks to disentangle the U.S. immigration and criminal justice systems. Fund immigration legal services programs that will be called on ...
July 21, 2021
Statement