Sentences with phrase «as an immigrant who»

It pains me to say this, as an immigrant myself who strongly believes in the freedom of movement - but unfortunately the assumed «Blue Labour» stance on immigration would be popular.

Mr. Bratton recalled Liu's life story, as an immigrant who came from China at age 12 and resolved to join the force after the 9/11 attacks.

Maragos stresses his story as an immigrant who built a successful financial technology business before his upset win for county comptroller in 2009.

As an immigrant who became a U.S. citizen, is this a trend you're concerned about?

As she wrote in her internship application materials, «As an immigrant who came to this country 12 years ago, I understand the complexities of the legal system and the overwhelming pride to become an American citizen.»

Fernandes says his experience as an immigrant who went through the process of buying and selling companies since coming to Canada, combined with his marketing and accounting background, led him to create a boutique business brokerage.

As immigrants who spoke little English, they worked relentlessly for years and instilled that discipline on myself.

Not exact matches

«Our journey is not complete until we find a better way to welcome the striving, hopeful immigrants who still see America as a land of opportunity,» Obama said.

Under DACA, undocumented immigrants who arrived in the United States as minors are eligible to apply for a renewable work permit protecting them from deportation.

Democrats will face their toughest odds on codifying DACA, the Obama - era immigration program that shields from deportation more than 700,000 unauthorized immigrants who entered the US as minors.

Under the Obama - era program undocumented immigrants who arrived in the U.S. as minors can apply for a renewable two - year work permit that would protect them from deportation.

First on the plate is the DREAM Act, which offered a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants who arrived to the U.S. as minors.

Undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children start businesses at twice the rate of the general population, research finds.

Trump has said Dreamers «have nothing to worry about,» but Attorney General Jeff Sessions last week said immigrants who arrived in the United States as children were «subject to being deported.»

President Donald Trump and lawmakers have been at loggerheads for months over the fate of young unauthorized immigrants known as «Dreamers,» who are temporarily protected from deportation under the Obama - era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

With a fortune of about $ 34 billion according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Li has been a fixture as the city's richest man for an entire generation of Hong Kongers and spearheaded an era defined by a handful of swashbuckling Chinese immigrants who built large empires across Asia.

DACA immigrants are people who were brought to the country by their parents when they were young children — often referred to as «Dreamers.»

Timing wise, he said it is crucial that Congress pass legislation by March 5, which is when the DACA program, which has provided undocumented immigrants who came to the country as minors with their parents to apply for renewable work permits, will officially expire.

That was never a real concern, as long as immigrants assimilate, and it no longer lies in the mouths of Europeans, struggling with a minority of indigestible and militant Muslims who occupy vast no - go areas across Europe, to comment on the relatively manageable sociological problems of America.

Earlier on Thursday, Trump described his efforts to remove unauthorized immigrants from the US as «a military operation,» a phrase that seemed to contradict efforts from White House officials who said the military would not be involved with the deportation plans.

He was an American original, in a way only an immigrant can be — a thick - accented, scientist - turned - businessman who spoke forcefully and wrote gracefully in English on topics as varied as his management philosophy, his battle with prostate cancer, and his story of coming to the U.S. Grove was famously profane, harsh, driven, and driving.

In contrast, immigrants who come from diverse backgrounds with a range of skills - such as the 800,000 dreamers - tend to produce greater economic benefits.

She warned that any asylum seekers making false claims to US authorities could be prosecuted, as could anyone who assists or coaches immigrants on making false claims.

As someone who researches the impact of immigration on workers, I believe the GOP plan and ending DACA would both be big mistakes, in part because they'll make the pool of immigrants in the U.S. much less diverse.

The dirtiest, most physically demanding, and most dangerous of these jobs — in fields such as construction, landscaping, and building maintenance, for example — are overwhelmingly filled by immigrants, who now account for more than half of all low - skilled workers in the U.S..

And many who have launched companies in the U.S. know the value of immigrants, both as founders and as employees.

The immigration plan will help undocumented parents of U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents, and young immigrants who were brought to the country illegally as children.

Filmmaker Steven Schardt debuted Auto at Tribeca's Virtual Arcade, where viewers got to sit alongside Musay, an Ethiopian immigrant who can't find work as a traditional driver and must act as the safety driver for an automated vehicle.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) boss Thomas Homan made «false» statements about a North California raid on immigrants, according to James Schwab, who resigned as an ICE spokesperson because he did «not want to perpetuate misleading facts.»

A child of Czechoslovakian immigrants, Cherny says he watched his mom and dad — who worked as a school counselor and a teamster, respectively — struggle with a banking system that largely catered to the wealthy.

Growing up disadvantaged in Braintree, Mass., the daughter of Chinese - Vietnamese immigrant parents who fled their native country in refugee boats, your mom viewed school as a means of bettering herself.

Cendy is one of millions of immigrants who were brought illegally to the U.S. as children — a group known as «DREAMers» by advocates of the Dream Act, a federal bill first introduced in the Senate in 2001 to allow them a pathway to permanent residency.

Called Baba Chinese, they believed in English education, could afford servants, and enjoyed a higher social standing than the poor, often illiterate, recently arrived Chinese immigrants who worked around the city's riverfront docks as lightermen, rickshaw pullers and stevedores.

«As an Egyptian immigrant who was taken under the wing of a great business leader like Bill Campbell, I have an abiding belief that we all should pay it forward by ensuring that our workplace represents all types of people,» Michael wrote.

Ms. Powell Jobs has become a leader in pushing for decade - old legislation known as the Dream Act, a measure that would provide legal status for immigrants who arrived in the country as young children.

ICAN serves as a platform where immigrants who run social enterprises can exchange experiences with Community Economic Development practitioners, to identify the best ways to support immigrants and refugees.

DACA has protected about 800,000 younger immigrants who were brought to this country as children by their parents, many of them entering illegally and others staying without legal permission.

I think that every immigrant refugee and visitor coming to Canada should have a face - to - face interview, and not only should they understand who we are as Canadians and what our values are, they should also agree to them.

One official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations, said that Mr. Trump was sympathetic to the plight of the young immigrants, known as Dreamers — many have known life only in the United States and have few connections to the countries of their birth — but had been told by Justice Department lawyers that his predecessor's program would not survive a court challenge.

This coveted award recognizes and celebrates the untold stories of Canadian immigrants who have made a significant contribution to Canada - all the more poignant this year as we celebrate Canada 150.

A third federal judge has rejected the Trump administration's justification for winding down the program protecting immigrants who came to the U.S. illegally as children.

Hundreds of activists gathered to call for the release of a handful of refugees and immigrants who are being detained at the airport, as customs officials seek more clarification from the White House as to the extend of the ban.

Some labour force data is available for workers who self - identify as aboriginal (off - reserve only), and workers with landed immigrant status.

Among those were questions about his treatment of an ex-wife who once appeared in disguise on «The Oprah Winfrey Show» to discuss being physically assaulted and revelations about his employment of an undocumented immigrant as a housekeeper.

Okay, maybe Failing POTUS will pull a Putin and finger some immigrant «bad hombre» who washes dishes in the White House as the source and prosecute the poor soul.

Immigration is a big issue for Zuckerberg, who is a huge supporter of Dreamers — undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children.

Honduras TPS Decision Deadline: 5/4/2018, 2 Days As the Honduran Temporary Protected Status (TPS) deadline looms, both Politico PRO and Newsy highlight the fear of various Honduran TPS holders and immigration advocates who are speaking out to urge the Trump Administration to extend TPS for the 57,000 legal immigrants from Honduras.

He was often recognized as an outstanding local hero in the first stop for thousands of Cuban refugees, an area that is now home to thousands of Central American immigrants who also seek a better life in the United States.

One of the professors (who, as it happens, is one of the world's leading scientists) was kneeling next to the wife of my tailor — she's an immigrant woman whose simple southern Italian spirituality is of the sort that gets Catholics labeled Mary worshippers by our Protestant friends.

«I don't know if the reason for my anger is just my old fashioned Irish - American patriotism,» wrote the friend who sent us the link, «or the fact that I just spent a week with my father tripping and limping around with a bad leg he gave in the service of this nation, or because my mother is an immigrant and both my paternal grandparents were too, and as much as all of them loved Ireland they knew how much they owed this country and considered the precious value of their American citizenship only slightly behind that of their baptismal certificates.»