... immigrant and refugee families to be separated. The detention of community members and the recent raid in ... Series: Deportation Defense Options , GCIR, March 2017. Family Separation Policies and Access to Justice in Detention Systems ...
May 17, 2018
Monthly Immigration Policy Call
... services organizations are working overtime at immigrant detention centers to identify parents who have been separated ... of Programs, GCIR Speakers Manoj Govindaiah, Director of Family Detention, RAICES Laura St. John, Legal Director, ... Photo : ybs / CC Where Are the Children? Family Separation Becomes U.S. Immigration Enforcement Policy ...
June 27, 2018
Webinar
... of challenges: barriers related to their or their family members’ immigration status, policies and programs ... capacity in the areas of child development, education, family support, health, immigrant integration, and legal ...
February, 2018
Funding Recommendations
... calls for assistance and services. With an expansion of detention, deportation, and priorities for enforcement, ...
May 23, 2017
Regional Briefing
... (NGOs) in providing a humane and effective alternative to detention and surveillance. Through humanitarian relief, ... they are released from federal care and reunited with family or placed with a sponsor in California. This reduces ...
October 6, 2021
Press Release
Immigration detention was dangerous before President Trump took office ... only made the situation more dire. Immigration detention has expanded in the past decade, driven largely by ... of evidence that reveal the dark reality of immigration detention, rife with coercion, physical abuse, and due ...
December 2, 2020
Commentary
... Other congressional proposals could drastically cut family-based immigration and limit access to crucial tax ...
September 12, 2017
Webinar
This report explores the diversity of states' and localities' approaches for working with children in immigrant families who are in the child welfare system.
April, 2019
Report
Co-Sponsors Children, Youth & Family Funders Roundtable Grantmakers Income Security ... Few groups are facing as many challenges as the immigrant family. Join us for a webinar featuring a new report from The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, Living in an Immigrant Family in ...
March 8, 2018
Webinar
This one-hour call will examine the impact of the administration’s policies on low-wage immigrant workers and the role of employers, labor unions, and community-based groups, such as worker centers, in helping to protect their basic rights.
March 16, 2017
Monthly Immigration Policy Call
October, 2016
Factsheet, Issue Brief
This four-page timeline summarizes immigrant and refugee policy developments and philanthropic responses from 1990 to 2020.
March, 2020
Infographic
Recognizing the intensifying legal service needs of immigrant communities, GCIR and the California Immigrant Integration Initiative (CIII) launched a study in 2019 to understand the capacity of immigration legal service providers in California and generate recommendations for philanthropic investment. This 2022 update is a supplement to the 2019-20 findings and offers recommendations to strengthen immigration legal services in California. Read the full report to learn more.
May, 2022
Report
... to new homes to improve their lives and those of their family members, to be closer to work and other opportunities, ...
December, 2023
Data Tool
... the recent deadly fire at an overcrowded immigrant detention facility in Ciudad Juárez, and the deployment of ... test ), to the overtly racist ( Muslim Ban ) and cruel ( family separation ). Beginning in 2020, our nation largely shut ...
May 11, 2023
Statement
New York Times article outlining the Biden Administration's stance on immigration.
November 15, 2020
News Article
Read our post-election policy recommendations for funders, laying out critical priorities for advancing immigrant justice in 2021.
December, 2020
Funding Recommendations
Find all program-related materials for GCIR's webinar "Capitalizing on the Courts: Litigation for Immigrant Justice" here, including the session recording and transcription of the meeting.
August, 2023
Program Materials
Resources from GCIR's 2022 National Convening workshop, "Black Immigrants and the Fight for Racial Justice."
May, 2022
Program Materials