Immigration detention was dangerous before President Trump took office ... only made the situation more dire. Immigration detention has expanded in the past decade, driven largely by ... of evidence that reveal the dark reality of immigration detention, rife with coercion, physical abuse, and due ...
December 2, 2020
Commentary
New York Times article outlining the Biden Administration's stance on immigration.
November 15, 2020
News Article
Read our post-election policy recommendations for funders, laying out critical priorities for advancing immigrant justice in 2021.
December, 2020
Funding Recommendations
... during Donald Trump’s four years in office, including family separation and a travel ban on nationals from majority-Muslim ...
November, 2020
Issue Brief
... Nearly 8 million U.S. citizens live with an undocumented family member , and many millions more immigrants who ... intersecting, often illegal policies. He has continued family separations , while keeping tens of thousands of ... put this dark chapter—with attacks on Dreamers, family separation, drastic cuts to immigration, and more—behind ...
October, 2020
Analysis
... In 2021, the next Administration and Congress should: End family separation at the border Rescind the travel and immigration ...
November, 2020
Issue Brief
... to social safety net programs, and rely far less on detention to ensure that immigrants show up for court ...
December 11, 2020
News Article
... would have replaced the country’s current employer- and family-centered system with a points-based program , ... amid the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” family-separations policy for asylum-seekers; the abrupt ... outrage, for instance, the administration scaled back family separations . So, Trump officials simultaneously ...
November 10, 2020
News Article
In recent decades, detention and deportation have become the entirety of ... U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) mass detention and deportation strategy is, in fact, both a sharp ...
December 2, 2020
Commentary
In her final quarterly message of 2022, GCIR President Marissa Tirona shares her reflections and key takeaways from the midterm election results, including political wins for immigrants and refugees, communities of color, and working families across the nation. She also highlights upcoming GCIR programming that will help philanthropy gear up for the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.
November 11, 2022
President's Message
Migration between the United States and neighboring countries to the south is an enduring if ever-shifting phenomenon. While the COVID-19 pandemic and measures put in place to stop the spread of the virus have severely limited mobility, longer-standing questions about how best to manage regional migration remain as important as ever.
November, 2020
Report
... efforts sparked death threats against the donor’s entire family, Petsod said. As a result, the family keeps its giving secret and declines to talk about ...
October 22, 2020
Philanthropic News
The historic 2020 U.S. presidential election is over, and the will of the people has prevailed. A record number of people cast their votes, not just for the next president of the United States but also for the kind of country they wish America to be: vibrant, inclusive, welcoming.
November 10, 2020
Statement
Looking back on the first year of the Biden administration, we remember that there was initially great promise and early progress toward advancing immigrant justice and restoring immigrant rights. Theadministration began by undoing many of the Trump administration’s racist and draconian immigration policies, including fortifying Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), rescinding the Muslim Ban, and ending government funding of a border wall. Yet, recent actions taken by the current administration, such as expelling Haitian migrants and increasing the number of immigrant detainees during a worldwide pandemic, continue to negatively impact communities.
January 24, 2022
Commentary