Sentences with phrase «immigration action fund»

She has also received endorsements from the New York State Immigration Action Fund, TWU Local 100, District Council 9, New York State Nurses Association, Hotel and Motel Trades Council, Uniformed Firefighters Association and Stonewall Veterans Association.

Not exact matches

Democrats have three additional goals: the codification of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals immigration program, extension of funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program, and more funding for areas affected by natural disasters.

In his meeting Thursday with House Democrats, Obama was also to insist that House Republicans not use a funding bill for the Homeland Security Department to try to quash the executive actions he took late last year on immigration and deportations.

(WBEN / AP) President Donald Trump will herald a robust economy, push for infrastructure funding and press for bipartisan congressional action on immigration in Tuesday's State of the Union address.

At noon, Democratic Reps. Joe Crowley, Steve Israel, Hakeem Jeffries and Kathleen Rice call for federal lawmakers to approve long - term DHS funding by Friday without amendments challenging President Obama's executive actions on immigration, and discuss potential consequences of failing to do so; lobby, Marine Air Terminal, LaGuardia Airport, Ditmars Boulevard and 23rd Avenue, Queens.

Also at 6 p.m., the New York Immigration Coalition and New York State Immigrant Action Fund host a NYC Council speaker candidates forum, 131 W. 33rd St., Manhattan.

Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. Tickets will be distributed to local community members through the host organizations: SEIU Florida State Council, Dream Defenders Action Fund, Florida Immigration Coalition Votes, New Florida Majority, Organize Florida, and Florida Planned Parenthood PAC.

Sponsors include 32BJ SEIU, ALIGN New York, Black Lives Matter Greater New York, Center for Popular Democracy, Desis Rising Up & Moving, Labor for Palestine, Make the Road New York, Muslim Democratic Club, National Lawyers Guild Labor and Employment Law Committee, New York Communities for Change, New York Immigration Fund, New York Immigration Coalition, New York Progressive Action Committee, New York Taxi Workers Alliance, New York Worker Center Federation, New York Working Families Party and Strong Economy for All.

List of Supporting Organizations: • African Services Committee • Albany County Central Federation of Labor • Alliance for Positive Change • ATLI - Action Together Long Island • Brooklyn Kindergarten Society • NY Immigration Coalition • Catholic Charities • Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens • Catholic Charities of Buffalo • Catholic Charities of Chemung / Schuyler • Catholic Charities of Diocese of Albany • Catholic Charities of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse • CDRC • Center for Independence of the Disabled NY • Children Defense Fund • Chinese - American Planning Council, Inc. • Citizen Action of New York • Coalition for the Homeless • Coalition on the Continuum of Care • Community Food Advocates • Community Health Net • Community Healthcare Network • Community Resource Exchange (CRE) • Day Care Council of New York • Dewitt Reformed Church • Early Care & Learning Council • East Harlem Block Nursery, Inc. • Family Reading Partnership of Chemung Valley • Fiscal Policy Institute • Food & Water Watch • Forestdale, Inc. • FPWA • GOSO • GRAHAM WINDHAM • Greater New York Labor Religion Coalition • HCCI • Heights and Hills • Housing and Services, Inc. • Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement • Jewish Family Service • Labor - Religion Coalition of NYS • Latino Commission on AIDS • LEHSRC • Make the Road New York • MercyFirst • Met Council • Metro New York Health Care for All • Mohawk Valley CAA • NAMI • New York Association on Independent Living • New York Democratic County Committee • New York State Community Action Association • New York State Network for Youth Success • New York StateWide Senior Action Council • NYSCAA • Park Avenue Christian Church (DoC) / UCC • Partnership with Children • Met Council • Professional Staff Congress • PSC / CUNY AFT Local 2334 • ROCitizen • Schenectady Community Action Program, Inc. • SCO Family of Services • SICM — Schenectady Community Ministries • Sunnyside Community Services • Supportive Housing Network of New York, Inc • The Alliance for Positive Change • The Children's Village • The Door — A Center of Alternatives • The Radical Age Movement • UJA - Federation of New York • United Neighborhood Houses • University Settlement • Urban Pathways, Inc • Women's Center for Education & Career Advancement

Also at 11 a.m., 31st state Senate District candidate Marisol Alcántara will receive the endorsement of the New York State Immigrant Action Fund, the sister organization and political action arm of the New York Immigration Coalition, 31 West 33rd Street, Suite 610, ManhAction Fund, the sister organization and political action arm of the New York Immigration Coalition, 31 West 33rd Street, Suite 610, Manhaction arm of the New York Immigration Coalition, 31 West 33rd Street, Suite 610, Manhattan.

At the time of the meeting, the majority of the party was vowing not to authorize funding for the Department of Homeland Security unless the legislation contained language to dismantle President Obama's executive action on immigration, but Donovan implored them anyway.

For now, the Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs has maintained its position, saying the increasing need for lawyers in light of recent federal government actions pertaining to immigration policy have forced the city to reevaluate and prioritize how the allocations are funded.

Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner on Wednesday expressed her intention to defy President Donald Trump's executive action withholding federal funds from «sanctuary cities» that disobey Trump's immigration policies.

Working Families Party, NOW - NYC, New York Immigrant Action Fund (the 501c4 arm of the NY Immigration Coalition), VOCAL - NY Action Fund, Make the Road Action, Citizens Union, Rev. Dr. A.R. Bernard, Bertha Lewis (Executive Director of the Black Institute), former Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz

Working Families Party, NOW - NYC, New York Immigrant Action Fund (the 501c4 arm of the NY Immigration Coalition), VOCAL - NY Action Fund, Make the Road Action, Citizens Union, Rev. Dr. A.R. Bernard, Bertha Lewis (Executive Director of the Black Institute), former Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, Gloria Steinem.

February 28, 2015 • President Obama late Friday signed a stopgap measure to keep the department running for another week, but the tussle over his executive action on immigration, linked to the funding, is not over yet.

And if all of this is not enough to make the case significant, it also may reveal the justices» views on presidential power and immigration that could be relevant to other issues pending in the lower courts, such as President Trump's repeal of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program and the challenges to President Trump's threatening to withhold federal funds from cities and states that do not cooperate with immigration officials.

Partners have served as presidents or chairs of the Northern California Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, Workplace Fairness, the California Attorney General's Asian Pacific Advisory Committee, the federal Civil Liberties Public Education Fund, Chinese for Affirmative Action, and the Asian Pacific Bar of California.

AARP Foundation Litigation, ACLU of Northern California, ACLU of San Diego and Imperial Counties, American Association for Justice, Asian Law Caucus, Asian Pacific American Legal Center, California Alliance for Retired Americans, California Employment Lawyers Association, California Foundation for Independent Living Centers, California Labor Federation, California Reinvestment Coalition, California Teamsters, Public Affairs Council, California Women's Law Center, Center for Justice and Democracy, Coalition of Disability Access Professionals, Consumer Action, Consumer Federation of California, Consumers for Auto Reliability and Safety, Designing Accessible Communities, Disability Rights Advocates, Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, Equal Rights Advocates, Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, Gray Panthers, Law Foundation of Silicon Valley, Lawyers» Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area Legal Aid Society, Employment Law Center, Legal Services for Prisoners with Children Mexican, American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, National Center for Youth Law, National Consumer Law Center, National Immigration Law Center, National Senior Citizens Law Center, Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, Protection & Advocacy, Inc., Public Advocates, Public Counsel, Public Interest Law Project, Speak Out California, Strengthening Our Lives (LA County Federation), Teamsters Union Local No. 70 Utility, Consumers» Action Network, Western Center on Law & Poverty, Women's Employment Rights Clinic, and the Youth Law Center.

The West Coast Legal Education and Action Fund's [LEAF] position paper captures this vividly: «[A] busive sponsors prey upon the precarious immigration status of their partners to control their behaviour and stop them from reporting the violence or leaving the relationship.»