... (ICE) arrests increased by 30 percent, from 110,000 in 2016 to 143,000 in 2019. Status In 2021, the Department of ... variant of Covid-19, the U.S. government instituted a travel ban against non-U.S. citizens traveling from South ... citizens, legal permanent residents, and anyone with valid travel documents, it applied to people seeking asylum. ...
January 24, 2022
Commentary
... to admit half the number of legal immigrants it did in 2016. This would bring levels of legal immigration down to ... receiving temporary “nonimmigrant” visas to study, travel, work and so on. The vast majority of immigrants ... “I want people to come in,” Trump said during the 2016 campaign. “I want tremendous numbers of people to come ...
November 10, 2020
News Article
... administration also intends to rescind Mr. Trump's travel and immigration restrictions on 13 countries, most ...
November 11, 2020
News Article
... areas: 1. IMMIGRATION REFORM AND ‘DREAMERS 2. TRUMP’S TRAVEL BANS 3. TRUMP’S PANDEMIC RESTRICTIONS 4. SKILLED ...
November 7, 2020
News Article
... like separating families at the border , banning travel from Muslim-majority countries and building his ...
November 15, 2020
News Article
... justice movement. To this end, at our recent national convening in Houston, we released our formal public policy ...
July 13, 2022
GCIR Staff Feature
When you are a Black child in Africa, often the narrative is that our dreams are not valid. However, I am a Zambian who was born and raised on the Continent and was exposed to a multitude of experiences ranging from extreme poverty to traveling to several countries before I turned ten, while also being fortunate enough to play with school friends who came from all over the world. These experiences were critical to instilling confidence in me that my dreams were indeed valid and – even though it is perceived that the Western world and global north holds all the power and resources – what we as Africans had was in fact enough to be happy. However, when I moved to America, those common perceptions started to feel very real, while the dreams seemed nearly impossible.
November 9, 2023
GCIR Board Feature
... to the complexity of the population. GCIR’s national convening presents an opportunity for philanthropy to learn ...
April 6, 2022
GCIR Staff Feature
June 18, 2020
News Article
June 18, 2020
News Article
... Philanthropy Forum’s 21st annual Foundations on the Hill conference, also known as FOTH, where donors and foundations ...
April 11, 2024
Blog Post
The Second Quarterly President's Message from Marissa Tirona, GCIR President.
May 26, 2021
President's Message
... and communications strategies, coalition building and convening, and other infrastructure building approaches ...
May 11, 2023
Statement