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June 18, 2020 the U.S. Supreme Court sided with DACA recipients ruling that the way in which the Trump administration rescinded the DACA program in 2017 was unlawful.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
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
September, 2020
Funding Recommendations
... 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
... 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
October, 2021
Program Materials
... huge risk they'll be left out in the cold. The New York Immigration Coalition has launched the #NYunited Fund to ...
May 4, 2020
Response Fund
... in COVID-19 recovery efforts. Black Alliance for Just Immigration , BLMP envisions a world where no one is forced ...
June, 2020
Resource Portal, Video & Audio
... communities and galvanizes funders to resource a robust immigration and refugee rights power-building ecosystem. We ...
February, 2023
Organization Materials
The Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund, Northern California Grantmakers, and Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees invite you to a funder briefing to learn about exciting initiatives to end the political exclusion of immigrants and build thriving local communities through immigrant voting.
October 25, 2023
Webinar
As we approach 2025, we at GCIR know that working together will be our greatest asset as we face impending challenges for immigrants and the immigrant justice movement. As we continue to mobilize funders into action, philanthropy must utilize its enormous power and privilege to stand with immigrant and refugee communities, one of the primary targets of the incoming administration.
December 19, 2024
Statement
... Communities (December 2022) Strategies for Resisting Immigration Detention in Rural America (January 2023) We ...
