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The COVID-19 crisis has heightened the consequences of recent policies that have deterred immigrants from ... explicit barriers to or deferred from participating in programs such as Medicaid, the Supplemental Nutrition ... will be difficult to resolve. State and local government agencies—a trusted source of information for immigrant ...
June 5, 2020
Blog Post
Program Materials
... only morally repugnant, but also bad policy, as decades of private prison expansion in the United States have demonstrated. For-profit prisons ... rebalancing the portfolio can be a relatively streamlined process. If your institution cannot withdraw from those ...
August, 2019
Funding Recommendations, Issue Brief
DESCRIPTION Over the last two decades, waves of immigrants have made rural communities their homes. ... from 2000 to 2018 immigrants accounted for 37 percent of overall rural population growth. Driven by demand for labor in the agricultural, meat packing, and dairy processing ...
October 18, 2022
Webinar
... United States received over 80,000 Afghan evacuees , many of whom were at added risk due to their association with the ... parole (HP), which allows them to live and work in the U.S. for two years, but does not provide a path to ... will have to apply for permanent residency through other programs, such as refugee admissions, asylum, or the SIV ...
October 6, 2022
Issue Spotlight
... country who are fighting to end the policy and practice of immigration detention. Hearing the positive outlooks of the national landscape and the successful efforts against ... fighting detention contracts and facilities in California, as well as shared lessons learned and ...
September, 2019
Program Materials
September, 2017
Funding Recommendations, Issue Brief
... new framework in a vacuum, so we convened a dynamic group of movement leaders, funders, and experts whose perspectives ... at our convening in Houston last May and through our programs and communications in the latter half of 2022. And ... What resonates with you? What are you curious about? What role might you play in helping us achieve the transformative ...
February 7, 2023
President's Message
... CARES Act extensively expanded unemployment insurance (UI) programs in terms of who is eligible, the length of time for ... payments, and any future stimulus support. Everyone who files tax returns, regardless of immigration status, should ... care facilities, and other COVID-19 testing or quarantine sites or against people traveling to such sites. And while ...
April 16, 2020
News Article
... Tirona speaks with Magaly Urdiales, Co-executive Director of the Western North Carolina Workers' Center . Read on as ... effect the changes workers want to see, and the important role philanthropy can play in building immigrant worker power ... and we need to start talking about us. Government agencies are not talking about us. When you say the word ...
May 3, 2023
GCIR Blog Series
... 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, ...
May, 2014
Report
In 2016, immigrants and refugees in the United States were catapulted to the center of policy debates. The United States Supreme Court issued a ... the thought leadership, technical assistance, educational programs, and resources that helped funders understand ...
April, 2017
GCIR Annual Report
... to uplifting the contributions and addressing the needs of this country’s immigrant and refugee populations. GCIR ... applying an immigration lens to their existing grantmaking programs and priorities. Being a GCIR member demonstrates a ... organizations, philanthropic advisors, and public funding agencies as members. Annual Dues The cost of a one-year ...
... 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
... Biden has promised a new course on immigration policy in his Administration. The challenges before him and his ... but so are the opportunities to reaffirm the importance of immigration to American society, American culture, and the ... for immigrant entrepreneurs Give states and localities a role in the immigration process End per country caps and ...
November, 2020
Issue Brief
Thank you for joining the first Legal Service Working Group meeting of 2020.
April, 2020
Group Materials