News

Started in 2022, Women in Charge’s "Pathways to Integration: Community English Language Program" provides free, individualized ESL instruction to adult immigrants in the St. Louis metropolitan area. The program offers flexible small group or one-on-one sessions, delivered at the WIC office, local libraries, or online, and tailored to specific student priorities, whether it's navigating doctor's appointments, understanding children's school communications, or preparing for job interviews. More…

The Immigration Policy Tracking Project catalogues every known Trump administration immigration policy, attaches the source documents, and highlights all new policies. Entries are organized by date and subject, searchable by key terms, filtered by 1.0 and 2.0 terms, and continually updated to report on current status. IPTP is a project of Professor Lucas Guttentag working with Stanford and Yale law students and supported by a team of leading national immigration experts. More…

Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees has released the second in a series of timelines to be shared over the next year, "U.S. Intervention and Modern Migration in the Americas." This timeline delves into the history of why so many people in the Americas made the perilous migration journey to the United States, especially in recent years, to allow for a nuanced analysis and deeper understanding of the migration flows and patterns we see today. More…

Puentes de Esperanza—Bridges of Hope—helps Spanish-speaking residents of Madison, St. Clair, and Clinton counties address their physical, emotional, social, and spiritual needs on their journey to becoming a vibrant part of our shared communities. This story sheds more light on this funded partner's impact in the community. More…

The Migration Policy Institute (MPI) and Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) have released new publications about immigration and border policy in the United States throughout history. More…