... backdrop of a dramatic shift in our nation’s vision of immigration and democracy, and during the lead-up to one of ...
March 11, 2020
National Convening
... Wala , VP of Strategic Partnerships and Advocacy, National Immigration Law Center (NILC) Iliana G. Perez , Director of ... Rising Zenobia Lai , Executive Director, Houston Immigration Legal Services Collaborative (HILSC) Jessica Park ...
November 9, 2022
Webinar
November 2, 2020
Press Release
... election about taking a public stance against Trump’s immigration policies. Some funders were keen to have their ...
February 6, 2017
Philanthropic News
... 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
... spectrum, there is deep concern that repeated blows to our immigration system has desensitized us all to the impact of ... litigation, organizing, and communications efforts by immigration advocates , community leaders and DACAmented ...
April 23, 2020
Webinar
... Central America, and other parts of the world. While immigration policy is made at the federal level, states and ... administration and Congress debate legalization and other immigration policies, investments in immigration legal services can set California’s residents ...
November 3, 2021
Webinar
April 15, 2020
Press Release
... 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
March 19, 2020
Co-Sponsored Program
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
Join us for the quarterly meeting of GCIR’s Delivering on the Dream (DOTD) network, which has included 27 state and local funding collaboratives in 21 states supporting 700+ grantees since its inception and invests resources to protect and defend the rights of immigrants and refugees. Composed of local sites linked by a national network, collaborative members are diverse in geographic focus, priorities, and strategies.
March 15, 2023
Group Meeting
Join us for the next quarterly meeting of GCIR’s Legal Services Working Group, where we discuss how we can support and strengthen the immigration legal services infrastructure in California. Note that Legal Services Working Group meetings are only open to grantmaking institutions and philanthropic advisors.
November 30, 2023
Group Meeting
This policy call considered the administration’s efforts to deny access to justice to immigrants in detention and a recent surprising policy reversal, as well as the long-term view of how denial of access to justice can impact conditions of confinement for immigrants separated from their children and families.
May 17, 2018
Monthly Immigration Policy Call
GCIR is closely monitoring the COVID-19 outbreak, with a focus on how it is impacting immigrants and how philanthropy is addressing that impact.