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... situation more dire. Immigration detention has expanded in the past decade, driven largely by large private prison ... medical experts, and organizers have built mountains of evidence that reveal the dark reality of immigration ... detention, rife with coercion, physical abuse, and due process violations. Read the full article at the link below. ...
December 2, 2020
Commentary
On March 27, 2020, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. 1 The CARES Act, a $2 trillion stimulus bill, builds on H.R. ... and that it is crucial to have inclusive recovery policies in order for all of us to be healthy and safe. Nevertheless, ...
April, 2020
Issue Brief
... stay home rather than return to the frigid poultry plant in Georgia where she had been on the packing line for nearly ... to work to feed America. But my mom was sick,” said one of Ms. Grant’s sons, Willie Martin, 34, a teacher in South ... typically stand elbow-to-elbow to do the low-wage work of cutting, deboning and packing the chicken and beef that ...
April 9, 2020
News Article
... households have responded to date, representing over 48% of all households in America. In light of the COVID-19 outbreak, the U.S. ... begins a lengthy, thorough and scientifically rigorous process to produce the apportionment counts, redistricting ...
April 13, 2020
Press Release
October 29, 2024
March 11, 2020
The third quarter meeting of GCIR's California Immigrant Integration Initiative (CIII).
July 28, 2020
Group Meeting
The first quarterly meeting of GCIR's California Immigrant Integration Initiative (CIII).
February 23, 2021
Group Meeting
November, 2021
Program Materials
... and useful resources, as well as webinars and other programs. We welcome your suggestions and details about how ... share any resources with Kevin Douglas , GCIR's Director of National Programs. This page is updated daily by 8 a.m. Pacific Time. ...
... to continue to receive the protections and benefits of the program. The ruling culminates a years-long legal ... recipients. Lawsuits challenging that decision resulted in federal courts ordering the government to continue renewing the DACA cases of those who were enrolled in the program while the lawsuits ...
June 18, 2020
Commentary
... Description For many immigrant and refugee families in the United States, schools serve as trusted entities—and this role has only been amplified in recent years. Since 2016, ... and intimidation at school, many have received new levels of support from teachers, counselors, administrators, and ...
May 30, 2018
Regional Briefing
Hispanics in Philanthropy (HIP) invites their members to contribute to ... frontline organizations responding to the immediate needs of migrants and refugees to respond to the unprecedented ... Foundation, Annie E. Casey Foundation, Casey Family Programs, C. S. Mott Foundation, Ford Foundation, the David & ...
March 18, 2020
Response Fund
... vulnerable immigrants have been gravely damaged by cuts in refugee admissions to the United States, federal funding cuts to the country’s national network of refugee resettlement agencies and administrative barriers that continue to make ...
August 16, 2018
Co-Sponsored Program
In recent decades, detention and deportation have become the entirety of America’s immigration enforcement strategy. This will ... than on all federal criminal law enforcement combined, 1 and has removed more than twice as many people in the ...
December 2, 2020
Commentary
On October 10th, the Department of Homeland Security filed a change to a long-standing tenet of federal immigration law that will endanger the health and well-being of American children and families. If enacted, it would put ...
December 6, 2018
Statement
Description Join us for the next quarterly meeting of GCIR’s Legal Services Working Group, where we discuss ... strengthen the immigration legal services infrastructure in California. Note that Legal Services Working Group ... are made possible through the time and expertise of presenters from the field. In the spirit of transparency, ...
May 17, 2023
Group Meeting
... the Kresge Foundation, announced yesterday the creation of a new partnership, the Southeast Michigan Immigrant and ... There are more than 600,000 foreign-born individuals in Michigan, 70 percent of whom who live in southeast ... in southeast Michigan that need assistance include: (1) lack of access to services; (2) poor public perception; ...
September 6, 2019
Press Release