Sentences with phrase «against the immigrants from»

In some cases, the controversy has pitted the neighborhood's African - American residents against the immigrants from Central America who live among them.

We've had strict quotas on people from Asia, for example, in the late 19th century, and before that, public antagonism against immigrants from Ireland and Eastern Europe.

Not exact matches

Her decision to leave the church comes the same week the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an injunction barring the Obama administration from implementing a policy of deferring deportation actions against more than 4 million undocumented immigrants.

«Such a divide between the local police and immigrant groups will result in increased crime against immigrants and in the broader community, create a class of silent victims, and eliminate the potential for assistance from immigrants in solving crimes or preventing crime.»

On Saturday night, Uber's New York City Twitter account announced that it was turning off surge pricing for trips at JFK airport in light of the protests against Donald Trump's executive order that bans immigrants from seven Muslim - majority countries.

Conspicuously absent from the list is Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who has openly spoken against Trump's proposal to deport all undocumented immigrants from the United States.

Chief of staff John Kelly phoned Trump from Capitol Hill to advise him against accepting the proposal, and the president summoned conservative Republican negotiators to help build a united front against the plan, which would have provided some border security funding as well as protection from deportation for immigrants brought to the country as children and now here illegally.

Texas led the legal fight against President Barack Obama's plan to protect up to four million immigrants from deportation, joined by 25 other Republican - led states.

Taking a page from laws creating sanctuary cities for illegal immigrants, a group of lawmakers have submitted a bill that bans California law enforcement from working with federal authorities if they attempt to take action against marijuana grow facilities or dispensaries that operate legally under state law.

Just last week, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick resigned from the president's Economic Advisory Council, after users criticized the ride - sharing company for allegedly exploiting a taxi protest against a temporary immigrant ban and for Kalanick's relationship with Trump.

However, unlike most people from my state, I am very much against gun control, against amnesty for illegal immigrants, and support very strict and secure border controls.

National leaders can then play off hardworking, low - paid laborers against immigrants and those who receive the dole, directing workers» resentments away from those who control the economy and prevent full employment.

Most of these so - called «Palestinians» are actually immigrants who came there, mostly from Syria, for the express purpose of jihading against Jews.

Since Election Day, I have fielded an incredible number of phone calls and received countless emails from sports parents reporting incidents of discrimination and bullying against immigrants, African - Americans, Jews, and LGBT youth by teammates and coaches.

Labour are in favour of immigrants, he assured us (as long as they're famous ones from history) but against immigration itself, which might be too high, but then again might not be.

Some decisions over the past twelve months like quitting international agreements, banning immigrants from specific religious - national groups and employing harsh rhetoric against allies are rightly regarded as diplomatic blows to the American image in the world.

A federal judge ruled against the Trump administration's decision to end a program protecting some young immigrants from deportation, calling the Department of Homeland Security's rationale against the program «arbitrary and capricious.»

While Governor Cuomo is criticizing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents for stepped up enforcement against undocumented immigrants, an immigrant rights group is calling him a hypocrite for keeping campaign contributions from a billionaire who's company is headquartered in the same Buffalo building as ICE.

Cuomo, who has spoken out strongly for immigrants and against President Donald Trump's executive order banning travel from seven Muslim - majority countries, is not committing right now to support a bill to designate New York as a sanctuary state for immigrants.

Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito offered a curt retort today to two Staten Island Republicans preparing legal action against the city over its plan to flush municipal identification records and to shield undocumented immigrants from President - elect Donald Trump: «go ahead and sue us.»

NYC Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito offered a curt retort to two Staten Island Republicans preparing legal action against the city over its plan to flush municipal identification records and to shield undocumented immigrants from Trump: «Go ahead and sue us.»

But 68 % agree that all further immigration to the UK should be halted, 44 % think that the UK should withdraw from the EU and 56 % are against local councils allowing immigrants to jump the queue (YouGov — The European Elections — 29th May / 4th June 2009).

«I hope this does not prevent the Democratic Conference that overwhelmingly represents immigrant communities throughout the state from standing up and speaking out against Herbalife's predatory tactics.»

The state prosecutors argued that ending the Obama - era executive action to shield young undocumented immigrants from deportation discriminates against people of Mexican origin, who make up 78 percent of DACA grantees, according to the attorney general.

Lawyers from the Central American Refugee Center, a Long Island immigrant legal services organization commonly known as Carecen, and the Hofstra Law Clinic filed suit against Nassau County in state Supreme Court, saying that the county police department was cooperating with ICE in ways that break state law.

A lawsuit filed by AG Eric Schneiderman against the Utica City School District charges that children over 16 were funneled into alternative programs, in which they could not earn credits toward a diploma, as part of a broad program aimed at barring immigrants from the district's only public high school.

A lawsuit filed on Tuesday by the state attorney general, Eric T. Schneiderman, against the Utica City School District charges that children over 16 were funneled into alternative programs, in which they could not earn credits toward a diploma, as part of a broad program aimed at barring immigrants from the district's only public high school.

They are::: The revelation in November 2007 that Home Secretary Jacqui Smith was aware the Security Industry Authority had granted licences to 5,000 illegal workers but did not think the Home Office's official explanation was «good enough» for the press office or ministers to use;:: The fact that an illegal immigrant had been employed as a cleaner in the House of Commons, which emerged in February this year;:: A whips» list of potential Labour rebels who might vote against the Government over plans to increase the pre-charge terror detention limit to 42 days in a crucial Commons vote;:: A letter from Ms Smith to Prime Minister Gordon Brown warning that the recession could lead to a rise in violent crime and burglaries.

Governor Cuomo, who has spoken out strongly for immigrants and against President Trump's executive order banning travel from seven Muslim majority countries, is not committing right now to support a bill to designate New York as a sanctuary state for immigrants.

In July, congressional Republicans threatened to attach an amendment barring undocumented immigrants from receiving WTC health payments; Democrats feared they were being trapped into a vote that could be used against them in attack ads, provoking Anthony Weiner's infamous rant on the House floor, in which he screamed that the Republicans were «cowardly» for hiding behind procedure instead of voting against the bill because they thought it was a bad idea.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has joined the chorus of criticism against President Trump's ban on refugees and other immigrants from seven predominantly Muslim nations.

Kathy Tran, who was a baby when she and her parents fled Vietnam in a boat, won an open seat in the Washington suburbs against Republican Lolita Mancheno - Smoak, an immigrant from Ecuador.

A pair of Staten Island GOP lawmakers have lodged a lawsuit against Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration to prevent him from purging the records of his municipal identification program at the end of the year — records believed to contain the information of thousands of undocumented immigrants, and which advocates fear could wind up in the hands of President - elect Donald Trump.

«Assemblymember Malliotakis has made her career in Albany as a Trump - style conservative who has voted time and time against commonsense legislation, from raising the minimum wage to marriage equality and helping young immigrant students,» de Blasio spokesperson Dan Levitan told Gotham Gazette.

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«Our findings show that terrorism shifts public attitudes towards greater loyalty to the in - group, less concern with fairness, and greater prejudice against Muslims and immigrants, but it seems that this effect is stronger on those who are politically left - leaning than those who are right - leaning,» explain psychological scientists from the Center for the Study of Group Processes at the University of Kent.

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Eighteen - year - old Sahmina Rahman, the U.S. - born daughter of immigrants from Bangladesh, is one of a small number of South Asian high school students here who have joined protests against federal proposals to crack down on illegal immigration.

Hopefully they will do better than they did two years ago when Todd Rokita, who chairs a key subcommittee of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, engaged in scaremongering against undocumented immigrant children coming from Central America.

However, these amendments, leftover relics of discrimination from more than 100 years ago when a surge of Catholic immigrants caused some to worry about their religious influence in what was then Protestant public schools, continue to be used by opponents of school choice as whips against policymakers who have no interest in inviting litigation.

This distinction is significant because, although the Blaine Amendments appear to stem from prejudice against Catholic immigrants, none of the amendments actually mention the Catholic faith or any tradition or denomination in particular.

It is set against a backdrop of rising flood tides in Britain and the seismic fragility of the Canaries, where we also observe the flow of immigrants from an increasingly war - torn Middle East.

A memoir of an immigrant family coming to America, as told by a lifelong misfit who forged from his imagination an essential literary voice and, against all odds, a place in the world.

The gaming industry recently came together to rally against an executive order banning immigrants and refugees from entering the US.

I wouldn't be here if my great - grandparents hadn't been allowed into the US as immigrants fleeing persecution, nor would my wife, who immigrated from Iran, one of the countries from which refugees, permanent US residents, immigrants and visitors are being collectively punished — targeted and discriminated against.

Robert Motherwell came to painting from the front in World War II and Ad Reinhardt, another child of immigrants, from the home front in the struggle against capitalism and fascism.

This fight against the oil lobby and the financial oligarchy needs to continue linking up with larger movements of workers, immigrants, Muslims, women, and others fighting attacks from Donald Trump and the billionaire class.»

defend an immigrant against arrest and detainment as well as help prevent that person from being deported.

We provide direct legal representation to low - income clients in more than 5,000 civil legal cases every year - from defending against employment discrimination to obtaining benefits for people with disabilities to helping immigrant victims of crime get visas.

Whether it is standing up against the Administration's unlawful ban on Muslim travelers, challenging the Department of Justice's effort to halt NWIRP from doing important limited representation work for people at the detention center, or protecting the rights of undocumented immigrant youth, NWIRP provides a critical voice for those marginalized by federal policies.