GCIR is closely monitoring the impact of the 2020 election on immigrants and refugees, with a focus on how philanthropy and leaders in the field are addressing this impact.
This discussion will examine how California funders can coordinate their power-building strategies and is open only to members of the California Immigrant Integration Initiative (CIII).
April 29, 2021
Group Meeting
GCIR’s Biennial National Convening will take place May 10-12, 2021, at the Hotel ZaZa in the Museum District of Houston, Texas.
Join us for philanthropy's foremost conference on immigrant and refugee issues. The convening brings together the sector’s leading voices and advocates with the aim of giving funders new tools and renewed enthusiasm to guide their immigrant- and refugee-related grantmaking.
May 10, 2022
National Convening
... from a port of entry (under temporary injunction). 3 In Immigration Court DOJ strains Immigration Judges with stringent case completion rates, case ... rapid docketing procedures; curtails the independence of Immigration Judges through formal measures, speeches, and ...
March, 2019
Issue Brief
Find all program-related materials for GCIR's "A Decade of DOTD: Building the Movement through Funder Collaboration" webinar here, including the session recording and PowerPoint.
January, 2023
Program Materials
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June 18, 2020 the U.S. Supreme Court sided with DACA recipients ruling that the way in which the Trump administration rescinded the DACA program in 2017 was unlawful.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
... workers. migrant women hold up vital sectors of the economy, while the threat of deportation looms "You need us." ... climate – one marked by increased and intensified Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids – both undocumented workers and those with authorized immigration status in these industries fear for their futures ...
April 10, 2025
Blog Post
GCIR invites you to join a movement of philanthropic leaders. Being a GCIR member demonstrates a dedication to building an inclusive and equitable society and helps ensure a robust community of funders focused on the needs of newcomers.
Organization Materials
Find all program-related materials for GCIR's webinar "After Title 42: Implications for the Americas" here, including the session recording and PowerPoint.
July, 2023
Program Materials
... 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
Find all program-related materials for GCIR's webinar "Advancing Economic Justice Community of Practice Quarter 1 Meeting" here, including the session recording, transcription of the meeting, and relevant links.
February, 2025
Group Materials
... As a former lawyer who focused on asylum issues, immigration detention has always struck me as one of the cruelest and most inhumane features of our immigration system. Even when immigrant detainees are not ... of AB32. Cutting back the number of facilities means less immigration enforcement. Hamid Yazdan Panah, who has directed ...
September 30, 2019
Blog Post
September, 2020
Funding Recommendations
... support for many aspects of that agenda. As American Immigration Council ’s Jorge Loweree observed when asked about the failed bipartisan immigration deal, “Advocating for stricter immigration policy, regardless of the actual results, is just ...
March 13, 2024
President's Message
... meet the needs of their clients. Black Alliance for Just Immigration is an organization committed to working toward ...
April 4, 2023
Response Fund
