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Immigration advocacy groups are calling on New Yorkers to join them in Foley Square at noon today. It's a National Day of Action to call attention to what they're calling a "cruel" immigration system. People in roughly a dozen cities across the country are asking the Biden administration to follow through on promises to close immigration detention centers and put an end to deportations. ...
Organizations that help immigrants find a community, achieve economic self-sufficiency, and become legal residents or citizens say anti-immigrant rhetoric has created a funding challenge. Financial donations are down in Texas - which has bused more than 20,000 migrants to unprepared cities. Lawmakers have considered legislation to create a state border police task force empowered to "repel" and arrest migrants. ...
, a nonprofit network of funding organizations and impact investors in the region, announced on May 4 that Megan Thomas has been named president and CEO. Thomas had been serving as interim president for the last six months. She succeeds Debbie McKeon, who stepped down in October. Megan Thomas Catalyst was formerly known as San Diego Grantmakers. Thomas brings more than 20 years of nonprofit and philanthropy experience to the role, including previously serving as executive director of San Diego Coastkeeper, where she built partnerships among the nonprofit, business and public sectors to advan...