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2007 Summer
Retreat Summary
The
group's first session of the year will be a look at
why comprehensive immigration reform stalled on the
federal level and what the next steps are, including
a discussion of laws directed at immigrants that are
being proposed by local governments. Other sessions
will include an update on the Illinois "New Americans"
executive order and a discussion of the overlap between
immigration and poverty. The national Grantmakers Concerned
with Immigrants and Refugees will be holding a convening
in Chicago in June, and group members may be involved
in planning that convening and tying their discussions
into events planned for that meeting. Co-chairs: Lawrence
Benito, Lawrence Hansen.
Resources
Perspectives,
Fall 2006 Volume II (1/07)
New
Americans, Fall 2006 (1/07)
Investing
in Our Communities: Strategies for Immigrant Integration
(9/06)
A new toolkit developed
by Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees
(GCIR) provides a framework to help foundations incorporate
immigrant needs and contributions into their grantmaking.
Grantmakers
Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees
The national affinity group offers resources, news
and data on the topic of immigrants and refugees.
GCIR
Annotated Bibliography
This online resource from the national affinity group,
Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees,
contains over 300 documents on topics such as demographics,
integration and policy.
The
House We All Live in: A Report on Immigrant Civic Integration
(pdf, 11/03)
The Carnegie Corporation report studies immigrant trends
in America and suggests challenges and opportunities
for funders.
Trends
in Naturalization (pdf,
8/03)
This Urban Institute report examines changes in the
number of naturalized citizens and the rate of naturalization,
as well as the characteristics of immigrants who are
eligible to naturalize, or will be soon.
America's
Challenge: Domestic Security, Civil Liberties and National
Unity After September 11 (6/03)
This Migration Policy Institute's report analyzes the U.S. government's response to the September 11 terrorists attacks and its impact on immigration policy, national secruity and civil liberties. .
Metro
Chicago Immigration Fact Book
(pdf, 6/03, 94
pages)
Compiled by the Institute for Metropolitan Affairs at
Roosevelt
University, this report addresses
trends and conditions affecting local immigrants..
The
Migration Policy Institute
The Migration Policy Institute is a resource on migration
and refugee data and analysis. The site provides international
data and country comparisons; country profiles; and
developments in the U.S.
Latino
Growth in Metropolitan America: Changing Patterns, New
Locations (7/02)
This report divides growth patterns in the 100 largest
metros into four distinct types: Established Latino
metros, new Latino destinations, fast-growing Latino
hubs, and smaller Latino places.
Immigrants,
Welfare Reform and the Coming Reauthorization Vote
Audrey Singer of the Brookings Institution looks at
the impact of The 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work
Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) on immigrants,
states, and communities.
Immigrants
and Welfare Use
(8/02)
This report provides quick and useful facts about the
1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation
Act and its impact on immigrants.
Immigration
and Security Post-Sept. 11
Muzaffar Chishti of the Migration
Policy Institute, explores the heightened attention
that immigration and immigrants have received in the
aftermath of September 11.
Grantmakers
Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees
The national affinity group offers resources such as
an interactive map of U.S. immigration statistics by
state.
Fund
for Immigrants and Refugees Resources
Includes a guide to locating data on Illinois immigrants,
a report on the Chicago Immigrant and Refugee Health
Initiative, a map of Chicago area immigrant settlement
patterns, and more.
Should
immigrants be singled out? Immigrants, self-sufficiency
and welfare reform (11/02)
This paper, published by the Institute of Government
and Public Affairs at the University of Illinois, documents
immigrant usage of welfare programs and finds they are
less likely to go on welfare, and that they stay on
welfare for shorter time periods.
Safe
Roads, Safe Communities: Immigrants and State Driver's
License Requirements (pdf)
The National Council of La Raza explores proposals to
restrict the issuance of licenses to immigrants and
non-immigrants, and arguments in favor of making licenses
more accessible.
GCIR
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