... policy against those seeking entry, resulting in the separation of children from their parents. This policy is the ... issued an executive order that would allow it to detain family members together indefinitely. Detaining children ... These parents are still languishing in immigration detention without information about the whereabouts of their ...
June 13, 2018
Statement
... Mongolia who’d been detained together at the West County Detention Facility in Richmond, California. Reverend Deborah ... migration requires them to leave their homelands, breach family and community ties, and brave hazardous journeys. It ... officers from the Firedoll Foundation, the Zellerbach Family Foundation, and the Four Freedoms Fund, we organized a ...
September 30, 2019
Blog Post
... hours - Folks in deportation proceedings or who have a family member in detention due to immigration challenges -At-risk individuals ...
April 24, 2020
Response Fund
In her latest quarterly message, GCIR president Marissa Tirona lays out what is at stake for DACA recipients as the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals considers deeming DACA unlawful, a decision that would leave nearly 700,000 of our DACAmented families, neighbors, and friends unable to legally work and at risk of deportation. Marissa also shares what immigrant justice advocates are doing to protect and defend DACA at this critical juncture, and explains how philanthropy can help fight both to protect DACA and to ensure we are prepared for its possible end.
September 29, 2022
President's Message
... (NGOs) in providing a humane and effective alternative to detention and surveillance. Through humanitarian relief, ... they are released from federal care and reunited with family or placed with a sponsor in California. This reduces ... possible.” “The Haas, Jr. Fund believes in community, family, and human rights, and we look forward to working with ...
May 14, 2021
Press Release
... (NGOs) in providing a humane and effective alternative to detention and surveillance. Through humanitarian relief, ... they are released from federal care and reunited with family or placed with a sponsor in California. This reduces ...
October 6, 2021
Press Release
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
Somali Family Service of San Diego seeks to meet the urgent needs of ... and medical expenses. More information about Somali Family Service of San Diego: Somali Family Service has been serving immigrant and refugee ...
April 24, 2020
Response Fund
... also found wide disparities among Hispanic adults by family citizenship status . More than two-thirds (69 percent) ... were also more likely than those with only citizens in the family to report facing material hardship in the 30 days ... noncash public supports that might help them meet their family’s needs. The December 2019 WBNS assessed how much ...
June 5, 2020
Blog Post
GCIR Director of Programs Aryah Somers Landsberger shares recommendations for how funders can support immigrant children and families.
February 26, 2018
Commentary
As part of the $2 trillion COVID-19 relief package, many families will receive checks from the U.S. government. Cruelly, many of our neighbors will be left out of this critically important relief simply because of their immigration status.
April 21, 2020
Response Fund
Undocumented folks do not have the same safety nets provided to other members of our community. Many undocumented people work in jobs that are most vulnerable to exposure to the virus and the shutdown. There is already limited access to healthcare, so undocumented people should have the resources to be able to take care of themselves.
April 28, 2020
Response Fund
A statement by multiple Chicago-based foundations denouncing the Trump administration's proposed changes to the "public charge" rule.
December 6, 2018
Statement
... the past quarter: Responding to Policy Attacks Family Separation : We conducted an analysis of needs and capacity, ... for a project to examine immigration enforcement and detention in the context of criminalization of vulnerable ...
July 31, 2018
President's Message
... can continue to fight for inclusive communities, prevent family separation, move away from the use of detention centers, and show solidarity with immigrants and ...
July 13, 2022
Blog Post
... of immigration status. The FFCRA also has expanded the Family and Medical Leave Act to allow both documented and ... will not receive these payments even if members of the family work but file taxes using an ITIN. By excluding ITIN ... suggesting that it will modify its enforcement and detention practices to promote public health and safety ...
April 16, 2020
News Article
... the recent deadly fire at an overcrowded immigrant detention facility in Ciudad Juárez, and the deployment of ... test ), to the overtly racist ( Muslim Ban ) and cruel ( family separation ). Beginning in 2020, our nation largely shut ...
May 11, 2023
Statement
New York Times article outlining the Biden Administration's stance on immigration.
November 15, 2020
News Article
... to protect migrants from deportations or prolonged detention under these circumstances. Lack of Internal ... primarily in the U.S. and Mexico—and evolution of the Family Unity Fund, a rapid response fund created in response to the family separation crisis of 2018. The comprehensive Migration and ...
March 18, 2020
Response Fund
April 15, 2020
Philanthropic News