... (She requested KQED not use her real name because of her immigration status and to call her Patricia instead.) The $2 ... insurance are available to workers regardless of their immigration status. But those benefits don’t help the vast ... and results in massive layoffs, workers who lack legal immigration status are particularly vulnerable, said Derek ...
March 31, 2020
News Article
... While national headlines are dominated by federal immigration policy —family separation, the border ... to working to limit local police collaboration with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), to advancing fair working conditions for ...
December 10, 2019
Webinar
Find all program-related materials for the "Black Immigrant Leadership: Sustaining and Building Movements for Justice" webinar here.
April, 2021
Program Materials
Find all program-related materials for GCIR's webinar "Promoting the Health and Wellbeing of Immigrant Workers in Rural Communities" here, including the session recording and PowerPoint.
December, 2022
Program Materials
... “invasion” rhetoric to justify unconstitutional enforcement by the state and increasing threats of violence ...
April 11, 2024
Co-Sponsored Program
October, 2016
Factsheet, Issue Brief
This 20-page report considers the impacts and opportunities presented by the growing number of immigrants in Oregon and Washington. The report includes overviews of newcomers’ impacts on the two states’ demographics, economics, and educational systems; a review of national policy implications for immigrants in the region; and a set of funding recommendations for local, state, regional, and national funders.
May, 2014
Report
... program-related materials for GCIR Webinar, "The Future of Immigration Legal Services: A Time For Bold Action" here, ... recording and powerpoint. Materials: The Future of Immigration Legal Services: A Time for Bold Action ...
July, 2022
Program Materials
Find all program materials for GCIR's webinar, "Buildng an Immigrant Legal Services Infrastructure for California's Future" here, including recording and ppt.
February, 2021
Program Materials
Over 70 foundations have signed a joint statement on immigration in the wake of President Trump’s executive order banning immigration from seven Muslim countries. The statement, ... diversity and equality noting that ‘the recently issued immigration executive orders compromise our nation’s ...
February 8, 2017
Philanthropic News
... seemingly every week has brought major developments in the immigration policy sphere. This month alone, the Department ... immigrants have no right to a bond hearing under a 1996 immigration law. This call will review the significant shifts ... with a focus on the tensions between federal immigration enforcement and local government responses. Join us to get up ...
March 15, 2018
Monthly Immigration Policy Call
... actions President Trump has used to tighten the U.S. immigration system. But Biden also will start his term in a ... in short order. Biden’s administration will inherit an enforcement system cracking under the strains of the coronavirus pandemic, a crippling immigration court backlog and a demoralized workforce at the ...
December 2, 2020
News Article
This resource presents examples of approaches educational institutions and non-profit organizations are taking across diverse regions and contexts to address immediate concerns; respond to emerging needs; and provide a supportive space.
September, 2017
Funding Recommendations, Issue Brief
... congressional proposals could drastically cut family-based immigration and limit access to crucial tax credits, lowering ... immigrant parents’ take-home pay. In addition, increased immigration enforcement measures have already created a chilling effect, ...
September 12, 2017
Webinar
... Philanthropy Forum Description New restrictions on immigration and increased immigration enforcement under the Trump Administration are having a ...
March 8, 2018
Webinar
... and housing assistance programs for fear of potential immigration consequences, as well as radically reshape how we ... that fuel widespread fear and increase arbitrary detention and deportation 3) To prevent would-be asylees, ... our pluralistic democracy through the rewriting of our immigration system by fiat. The tremendous amount of ...
August, 2019
Funding Recommendations, Issue Brief
... participants in public demonstrations or in case of law enforcement abuse. To that end, GCIR, alongside other ...
November 13, 2023
President's Message