... Africa, many in countries where they are denied work and education and have no formal status. The United States has ...
November 12, 2020
News Article
... Mexico,” an array of cruel and ineffective asylum and immigration policies still stand, foremost among them Title ... at GCIR we are hosting a program on strengthening the immigration legal services infrastructure on July 20th as a follow-up to our recently released report Immigration Legal Services in California: A Time for Bold ...
July 14, 2022
Issue Spotlight
... UndocuBlack Network, and the Black Alliance for Just Immigration . Resource organizations that support and ...
October 7, 2021
Issue Spotlight
We at GCIR are heartbroken about the devastating crises unfolding in Afghanistan and Haiti. Our country can rise to our highest ideals by providing protection to those who most desperately need it and welcoming them into our communities. Read our statement with recommendations for philanthropy.
August 19, 2021
Statement
... to deploy nearly $80 million to build local capacity for immigration legal services, advocacy, and organizing. ...
October 6, 2021
Press Release
... to emergency health and medical services. Increased immigration enforcement and deportations , continued en-masse court proceedings, delays in immigration and asylum procedures, and other policy changes ...
March 18, 2020
Response Fund
Soon after the U.S. government’s hasty and chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan last summer, the United States received over 80,000 Afghan evacuees, many of whom were at added risk due to their association with the U.S. government during the two-decade war. Ninety percent of these migrants entered the country on humanitarian parole (HP), which allows them to live and work in the U.S. for two years, but does not provide a path to permanent residency, leaving them in legal limbo. The Afghan Adjustment Act (AAA), would allow Afghans with humanitarian parole to apply for permanent legal status and would expand the categories of Afghans eligible for Special Immigrant Visas (SIVs).
October 6, 2022
Issue Spotlight