Sentences with phrase «as a border state»

Abbott said that as a border state Texas has sustained millions of dollars in costs related to illegal immigration.

is a non-profit 501c3, volunteer dog rescue organization serving the state of Missouri as well as bordering states.

As such, it played an important role as a border state in that conflict.

Not exact matches

In a sharply worded press release, a group known as the 9948 Fair Treatment Coalition states that documents it obtained through Access to Information «raise disturbing questions» about the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and the Department of Finance's conduct in the so - called iPod tax dispute.

The extent of the contraction is especially apparent when compared to the United States: a study compiled by Canada's Venture Capital & Private Equity Association found that from 2003 to 2008, venture capital investment as a share of GDP dropped 35 % in Canada; meanwhile, south of the border, it increased by 17 %.

Speaking in Hamilton on Tuesday, Trudeau said there are measures in place, including tariffs and tougher border controls, to prevent steel and aluminum producers in other countries from using Canada as a back door to slip cheap metal into the United States.

While border security agents view biometrics as a useful tool, state lawmakers are starting to respond to their constituents» concern about the potential theft and subsequent fraudulent use of biometric data.

The Schengen area is the area comprising 26 European countries that have abolished passport and other controls at their common borders, allowing travellers to move from one country to another as if they were in a single state.

When it bought Blackcomb Mountain, then just six years old and suffering growing pains, from a subsidiary of Aspen Skiing in 1986, it wasn't looking at the then state - of - the - art lifts so much as the developable land around the base of the hill, which bordered on the new Whistler Village.

Iranian state television on Saturday quoted a military spokesman as saying Iran and Iraq «agreed on measures to establish border security and receive Iraqi forces that are to be stationed at border posts.»

China has started building refugee camps on the North Korean border, in what the New York Times interprets as a sign of real fears of a war between the rogue state and the U.S..

The most popular destination outside of Canada as the United States, with 13 per cent of Canadians heading south of the border.

The Schengen agreement, which France signed in 1985, ensured no border controls between all European signatory states and was defined as such: «The Schengen area represents a territory where the free movement of persons is guaranteed.

It was on the strength of the Sinaloa cartel's seemingly more calculated strategies (a cartel whose famous face is El Chapo, but also includes the co-leadership of Ismael «El Mayo» Zambada) that Sinaloa had become dominant among Mexico's criminal syndicates, extending far beyond the rural northwestern state, with significant inroads to all principal border areas between the United States and Mexico — Juarez, Mexicali, Tijuana, and reaching as far as Los Cabos.

The keys are smuggled into Mexico and then on to the United States — by land, air, or sea — using methods as varied as they are ingenious: stashed under fresh produce, in cans of jalapeños, in the bellies of frozen shark carcasses, in trap compartments of cars, trucks, motor homes, container ships, small aircraft, even submarines; taped to the bodies of backpackers traveling by bus; catapulted over border fences; concealed in the trunks of corrupt local sheriffs; or trundled through underground tunnels (some so well constructed that they have air conditioning), a tactic purportedly devised by El Chapo himself.

In his book released Monday, «Our 50 - State Border Crisis: How the Mexican Border Fuels the Drug Epidemic Across America,» Buffett took a nuanced approach to Trump's border wall and examined his personal interaction with drug addicts in the rural Arizona and Illinois counties where he serves as a volunteer sheriff's dBorder Crisis: How the Mexican Border Fuels the Drug Epidemic Across America,» Buffett took a nuanced approach to Trump's border wall and examined his personal interaction with drug addicts in the rural Arizona and Illinois counties where he serves as a volunteer sheriff's dBorder Fuels the Drug Epidemic Across America,» Buffett took a nuanced approach to Trump's border wall and examined his personal interaction with drug addicts in the rural Arizona and Illinois counties where he serves as a volunteer sheriff's dborder wall and examined his personal interaction with drug addicts in the rural Arizona and Illinois counties where he serves as a volunteer sheriff's deputy.

As with many airlines, the supply chain for Bombardier's CSeries jet and its components winds across national borders, employing workers in Canada, Northern Ireland and the United States.

On Friday, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick announced a plan for his state to temporarily shelter up to 1,000 unaccompanied children who have recently fled to the United States as part of the ongoing border crisis.

President Trump pledged swift federal aid to Texas and Louisiana on Monday as the two states seek to recover from Hurricane Harvey, and dismissed the notion that his threatened shutdown of the government over border wall funding could impact the effort.

Her family took extensive trips throughout the United States, and as a young woman she lived for two years in a Bavarian village a stone's throw from the East German border.

New Chinese acquisition deals in the United States once totaled tens of billions of dollars annually, according to Rhodium Group, which tracks Chinese investments abroad, though last year they fell sharply to $ 8.7 billion as China cracked down on money leaving its borders.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo rebuked Russia on Friday for what he called aggression beyond its borders, and vowed to restore relevance to a badly demoralized State Department in his new role as the top...

Amnesty, even in its weakest forms of non-enforcement of the law and deferred action, without corresponding action to tighten the border and control unlawful immigration, leads directly to the current human crisis as thousands of desperate children (and adults) attempt to enter the United States on the promise that the administration will take no action against them.

I'm sure that you as well as the Red Cross and other groups and organizations you've mentioned would be very much amazed to discover that almost EVERY STATE on this planet is protecting its borders, especially so during a war.

Although compassionate in its intent to allow those who came to the United States unlawfully as children and through no fault of their own to begin the process of integrating legally into United States society, it contributes to the current crisis at the border by further signaling United States policy not to enforce its immigration laws against low priority targets.

Mandatory Palestine was a geographic area with defined borders and under British Rule up until 1948 when the Jews decided to take UN Resolution 181 as law and claim that the borders defined in 181 defined a new State of Israel.

Priority went to Mormons in areas such as Border Patrol, FBI, State Department (supposedly Mormons all speak two languages but the rumor was there was a lot of incompetent interpreters hired).

There should be settlement policies and programs for moving excess populations to scantily populated areas such as Canada, Australia, the West of the United States, areas of Latin America — in addition to migration within existing national borders.

Yet we in the West should strive for humane borders in which travelers and immigrants of all backgrounds are treated with respect by state authorities, and valued as human beings with great potential, rather than dismissed as faceless hordes — or, in Hitchens's words, «countless persons from who - knows - where.»

But, as Christians, we must not elevate the distinction of national, ethnic or cultural identity over our higher identities as disciples of Christ and as human beings, both of which expand our most important communities far beyond the borders of the United States.

The principles of the plan: On the basis of UN Security Council Resolution 242, Israel will withdraw to the June 4, 1967, borders; the Palestinians will establish their independent state, with Arab Jerusalem as its capital; and an agreed - upon and just solution to 1948 Palestinian refugees problem will be found by the sides on the basis of UN General Assembly Resolution 194 of 1949.

Although the United States has led in the post World War II movement toward free trade, many other governments have voluntarily reduced their control over their own borders so far as business transactions are concerned.

In his address to the joint session of Congress, he seemed to stay the course, referring to the United States as being in a state of «lawless chaos» and calling for «rule of law» at our Southern border.

«Mike's exceptional experience after more than two decades with some of the elite labels in the spirits business will be a great asset to our team,» said Mr. Graff, who has served as counsel to wholesalers in litigation across the United States, challenging state statutes prohibiting the cross border shipment of alcohol beverages.

Currently, the European Union, the United States, Canada, Japan, and many other countries require producers to obtain special certification based on government - defined standards in order to market food as organic within their borders.

Currently, the European Union, the United States, Canada, Mexico, Japan, and many other countries require producers to obtain special certification in order to market food as organic within their borders.

Despite presidential candidates» talk of building walls between the United States and Mexico, the economies of Texas border towns such as Brownsville have never been based solely on companies and consumers on only one side of the border.

«MG confirms that cross border e-commerce trade in both UHT and adult milk powders was interrupted for the past week, however as previously stated this interruption does not have a material impact on MG's business,» the spokeswoman said.

That also helps recruiting, as Oregon has to go well beyond its state borders in order to find elite players.

Just as your team has boosters active in other states, so too are enemy agents inside your borders.

There seems to be an over saturation of the DEM / CPM midwives in Oregon (also in WA state, as some of the midwives on the border practice in both states).

ISIS doesn't have these kinds of borders and their backers aren't as formally and overtly state - tied to the movement.

However, the perspective of leaving, of imagining the unknown and aspiring to a different life contributes to the understanding of migration and movement: a journey within oneself and as subject across state borders.

The emotionality embedded in identity issues must be accounted for as it is a strong generator of political biases within and across state borders.

We support a negotiated settlement leading to a safe and secure Israel living alongside a viable and sovereign Palestinian state; based on 1967 borders with agreed land swaps, Jerusalem as the shared capital of both states, and a just, fair and agreed settlement for refugees.

State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced a $ 2,500 court judgment against Northern Taxi and its owner / operator, Christopher Crowningshield, for charging refugees as much as $ 300 or more for a taxi ride from Plattsburgh to the Canadian border.

Israel signed agreements with the surrounding Arab states to define the places where the soldiers had stopped fighting, the armistice lines, as temporary de Facto borders.

As it turns out, the sign is a scaled - down replica of the signs that greet motorists at most of the state's highway border crossings — and was not stolen.

In his speech to the Palestinians on Friday the 16th of September, Abbas confirmed that he will be asking for admission of Palestine as a full member state of the United Nations on the 1967 borders.

With this achievement, the recognition of Palestine as a state by over 120 countries and with negotiations completely stalled, the Palestinians have turned to the UN for recognition of their state on the 1967 borders.