Sentences with phrase «about immigrant families»

Picture books about immigrant families are certainly nothing new, but renewed attention to immigrant experiences has ushered in a prodigious crop of new titles, and few are as evocative or heartening as Bao Phi and Thi Bui's A Different Pond.

Wai - keung Lau and Andrew Loo's action movie about an immigrant family growing up in New York during the 1980s and 1980s.

Jessica Chastain and Oscar Isaac («Inside Llewyn Davis») costar in a thriller about an immigrant family caught in the corruption and decay of the wormy big apple.

Not exact matches

Independent Street takes a look at a story from the Richmond - Times Dispatch that claims that the values immigrants learned about «being thrifty, avoiding excessive debt, and relying on family support from native countries» are helping them ride out the recession.

She suggests immigrant women instead need better education about balancing family life with employment opportunities.

Since applicants usually bring their families, Canada has acquired more than 130,000 new immigrants via the program, only about 3 % of total immigration during that period.

Setting aside for the moment the impact on families and communities, Evercore noted that such an exodus «would likely hit demand» for Constellation brands because Mexican immigrants» beer capita consumption is about two times the general population.

This is what the doctor had to say about his allegations for filing a lawsuit: «I decided to file this lawsuit to seek justice not only for myself,» explained Dr. Briggs, «but for the hundreds of immigrant families who've suffered medical danger as a result of Catholic Charities» unconscionable record of neglect.

By official statistics, thirteen percent of Americans are poor today» many of them immigrants of the last few years who will not long remain poor, and measured by a standard that counts as poor families with cash income (not income in kind, from welfare benefits, for example) up to about twenty thousand dollars for a family of four.

Talk about your own family's immigrant experience («Great - Grandma came from Italy and had to work very hard» or some such) or talk about the ways our world has been shaped by immigrants («What would life be like today without pizza?»).

They complain about immigrants, or the French, or women, or the middle - classes, but they get on terribly well with the Polish family next door and chat about the weather with the Arab man who sells them their vegetables.

Mark - Viverito, a Puerto Rico native, said that it was hard for her to «sit there» and listen to Trump talk about American families families that have lost loved ones to violent undocumented immigrants.

In his announcement, he talked about the opportunity afforded to his Taiwanese - immigrant family, who all came to New York when he was 5 years old.

Ms. James appeared before Family Court Judge Adam Silvera and successfully argued that Keybi, who came to the United States about a year ago without his parents or a guardian, ought to be granted «special immigrant juvenile status» and that the teen's uncle should be his legal guardian.

«With fear on the rise in immigrant communities, it's no surprise that many families would be frightened to participate in a Census that asked about citizenship.

The convention is important for her for family reasons, as an Italian immigrant who was raised in the Bronx near Fordham Road and became an American citizen about six years ago.

Cuomo cited «concerns about the implementation of the program as well as its impact on families, immigrant communities and law enforcement.»

While previous studies have shown that children living in immigrant families are more likely to be uninsured, less is known about what percentage of uninsured children who are immigrants or have immigrant parents.

This heavyweight awards candidate from first - time director Vadim Perelman stars Ben Kingsley and Jennifer Connelly and is based on Andre Dubus's book about an Iranian immigrant and his family's battle in the US over a house he buys in an auction, with tragic consequences.

What fails about the exercise is the idea that Behrani and his family are made to be the noble image of the hard - working immigrant, that last bastion of the American Dream, and the memory of the values of a community unencumbered by a sense of entitlement.

«Mum & Dad»: British horror about a kidnapped young Polish immigrant forced to stay with a violent, abusive, insane suburban family.

La Boda de Valentina (R for profanity) Marimar Vega plays the title character in this romantic comedy about a Mexican immigrant in love with a New Yorker (Ryan Carnes) who's being pressured by her family to return home to marry her ex-boyfriend (Omar Chaparro).

-LSB-...] 2) BROOKLYN — An absolutely poignant tale about an Irish immigrant girl who leaves her homeland, close family and friends, and sets out for America.

This is a stand - out film, an absolutely poignant tale about an Irish immigrant girl who leaves her homeland, close family, and friends and sets out for America in the 1950's where her future seems to beckon.

At a community action group comprised of Mexican immigrants, one woman explains of the terrible ordeal she and her daughters went through to get across the border, and her utter determination to make this new life for herself and her family speaks volumes about the significance of multi-cultural communities and building homes away from home.

And the public schools were unabashed about their role in turning the children of immigrant families into Americans.

Ricky says he speaks Spanish about 90 percent of the time at home and that his family struggles in ways that are common among immigrant families living and working in California's agricultural communities.

Yoshikawa will spend the year working on a book about the development and learning of infants and young children in low - income immigrant families in New York City.

As a result, many immigrant students and their families (documented and not) are experiencing anxiety and fear about their futures.

This study investigates how district administrators, school administrators, pre-K — 3 teachers, and bilingual first graders within a school district serving Latinx immigrant families think about the role of agency in early learning.

In response to widespread feelings of anxiety about immigrant status in these schools» communities, many teams also hosted information nights for families to learn about their constitutional rights and to complete family - preparedness plans in the event of an emergency.

A stunning debut novel about an extended Sri Lankan family - a kaleidoscopic view of contemporary immigrant life, by turns darkly funny, sad, poignant, and uproariously beautiful.

It is such a beautifully written book about Irish immigrants who come to America, and about the misunderstandings and secrets that can tear families apart.

Whether writing about the adjustments of immigrants to a foreign land or the accommodations families make to the disruptive differences between generations, Divakaruni poignantly portrays the eternal struggle to find a balance between the pull of home and the allure of change.

Simultaneously rooted in a particular immigrant experience while remaining completely accessible to others, it is an immigrant story, an American story, a coming of age story, a story about family journeys, and, ultimately, a story about hope, loss, and change.

But in her fourth novel, The Spy Lover (Thomas & Mercer), she pulls from her Alabama - born father's family history to tell a gripping Civil War story about three complicated, suffering people — a nurse who's spying for the Union behind enemy lines, a Chinese immigrant who escapes his conscription into the Confederacy to fight for the Union instead, and a wounded Confederate cavalryman.

Never didactic and often hilarious, this debut novel about a Muslim teen in Australia shows the diversity of her immigrant community as well as the discrimination and family struggles she experiences.

The horrors of Tiananmen Square, a faltering marriage, and a poet's need to write complicate the already daunting obstacles facing immigrants striving to achieve the American dream in this tender and penetrating novel about a Chinese family reinventing home.

A hilarious debut novel about a wealthy but fractured Chinese immigrant family that had it all, only to lose every last cent - and about the road trip they take across America that binds them back together.

He talked about migration and said that, historically, people moved around and that many families in New York were refugees, and that we are all immigrants.

The two women and their families illustrate the complexity of the nation's most diverse metropolitan region, with Harris County home to about 1.1 million foreign - born immigrants, and the challenges that...

At the Law Offices of Jan Joseph Bejar, A Professional Law Corporation, we care about immigrants and their families.

She comes from a family of immigrants and grew up listening to stories about how her great - grandparents came to the United States.

ImmigrantServices at OCS provides immigrant and refugee newcomers in Surrey / North Delta with information about BC society, guidance and support on personal and family adjustment issues, and connect newcomers to the broader community.

About Blog Harnessing the power of American voices and American values to enact policy change that guarantees full labor, civil and political rights for immigrants and their families.

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In addition, little knowledge is available on the effect of parenting support programmes delivered to immigrant parents.24 The few studies available have mostly shown little or no improvement in the mental health of immigrant parents25 26 or even poorer outcomes for immigrant families27 and families with low socioeconomic status.28 Scarcity of studies in this area may simply because few immigrant parents participate in such programmes.24 Several studies have reported difficulties in recruiting and retaining immigrant parents in parenting support programmes.29 30 Factors such as belonging to an ethnic minority, low socioeconomic status, practical aspects or experienced alienation and discrimination all contribute to low participation.28 31 Other studies have demonstrated that low participation and a high dropout rate of immigrant parents are associated with a lack of cultural sensitivity in the intervention, poor information about the parenting programme and lack of trust towards professionals.24 A qualitative study conducted with Somali - born parents in Sweden showed that Somali parents experienced many societal challenges in the new country and in their parenting behaviours.

Strengthening Families in the Korean / Asian Immigrant Community Im (2003) Includes recommendations on how to provide professional assistance and training about domestic violence to pastors and churches, offers suggestions on making additional resources available to the community at large, and recommends the need for further data.

Immigrants to this country are no doubt excited about the prospect of pursuing the American dream and providing a better life for themselves and their family.

The program serves about 30 families — including families who are immigrants, young military families, and native Californians.