Sentences with phrase «as immigrants to this country»

«As an immigrant to our country just like me, Marisol Alcantara knows the importance of standing up for those without a voice,» Espaillat says on the call before asking voters to «make history» with him again by electing Alcantara.

Arizona students will need to get sixty of the hundred questions correct in order to graduate — the same ratio as immigrants to our country seeking citizenship.

Brighton Museum's Old Reference Library becomes a repository for those, both celebrated and unfamiliar, who as immigrants to this country, made unique contributions to what we regard as «British» culture.

Not exact matches

They also see a country that truly does reflect the world, attracting immigrants from every nation and giving them an equal chance to succeed as Americans.

As of 2012, it's estimated that the number of illegal immigrants in the country has actually declined by over 1 million people to a total of 11 million.

To be sure, the country still has more than 11 million undocumented immigrants within its borders, as Trump never tires of pointing out.

Apple CEO Tim Cook weighed in as well, writing in his own memo to his workforce that the company — founded by Steve Jobs, the son of an immigrant from Syria, one of the impacted countries — «would not exist without immigration, let alone thrive and innovate the way we do.»

Further, he has also vowed to remove an estimated 11 million immigrants living in the U.S. illegally, as well as cancel visas to countries that refuse to take them back.

It's even harder to build one as an immigrant, with limited resources and connections in a new country, but the results Nuvakhov and Levy have achieved are exceptional.

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.

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.

Lam and the Demaj brothers are as passionate about what immigrants have to offer America as they are about living in this country, and they think repealing DACA is a huge step backward, even though they all three immigrated here legally and are American citizens.

Responding to the worldwide backlash and disarray, the president invoked the country's historic status as a harbor for immigrants as a reason for his decision.

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.

Clearly, as a populace we're ready for any idea that might improve the overall economic picture, and the folks at the Kauffmann Foundation think they have one: Getting members of Congress to get off their butts and pass a startup visa to help bring more immigrant entrepreneurs into the country.

No more than 7 percent can go to any single country, so that immigrants from India and China receive the same consideration as those from such places as Iceland or Costa Rica.

President Donald Trump on Thursday questioned why the United States would want to have immigrants from Haiti and African nations, referring to some as «shithole countries,» according to two sources familiar with the comments.

Dear Mark, i do believe in entrepreneurs as i am one of them.I curently operate a dental laboratory in California, that needs funding.I am in the procces of attracting business from dentists i work with through direct mail and telemarketing.I'm setting up a small offshore office to do the marketing part since the overhead is to expensive here.But the manufacturing of the finished products will be done in the USA creating jobs through production.A lot of manufacturing work is done offshore but through line production i'd like to keep the most in here.As an immigrant to this country i'd like to suport it to get back in shape financialy for the future of my childrens.I am also copying an idea i have seen at a large company i used to work.I'm in the process of setting up 2 other companies that will compete with my existing one but since they will be providing same products at different prices will atract different type of clients (dentists).

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.

• Mr. Trump tweeted on Sunday that there would be no deal to protects thousands of young immigrants brought to the country as children and threatened to walk away from the North American Free Trade Agreement.

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.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his wife, MacKennzie, have donated $ 33 million to a college scholarship program for young immigrants brought to the country illegally as children.

The improved enforcement has had a perverse result: As it has grown more difficult to enter the country illegally, immigrants have turned increasingly to criminal organizations to take them across the border.

So better I live and die in my country as honorable as I could rather than taking for immigration and living in other people's countries afraid and humiliated... it is enough what I read here about America & Europe ill treatment to Asian / MidEastern Muslim immigrants...!!

But now those are already there at yours maybe if you prepare them right as to education and training for finally deputing them to return to their own countries with the needful backup and authority they will be useful tools for the advancement and prosperity of their nations then you will have no one wanting to immigrate leaving behind their own families and friends... in addition to that you will see those who immigrated towards your country start moving back to their own countries and this is the only solution to resolve the issue of illegal immigration and to find peace... otherwise if things go on as it is today surely slowly slowly you will find that your own countries become inherited by piling up immigrants who might get starved due negligence turn on against the Host country... that has contributed in the destructions of their countries but not towards and advancements or developments of their countries and nations to find peace and make a living..!?

The leaders of the Mexican Catholic Church are traitors to this country and as far as I am concerned until the so - called church, which is really a foreign enemy, stops providing sanctuary to lawbreakers, be they pedophile priests or illegal immigrants, you can not call yourself Catholic and be considered a loyal American.

Immigrants are obliged to respect with gratiitude the material and spiritual heritage of the country that receives them, to obey its laws and to as sist in carrying civic burdens.»

The plan also broadens the requirements necessary for undocumented immigrants who were brought into the country as children, essentially granting legal status to hundreds of thousands more.

The President's plan would broaden the eligibility requirements of a current policy that grants deferred action to immigrants who came into the country illegally as children (expanding it to reach about 300,000 new individuals), and, most significantly, would also give the same protection to immigrant parents who have children born in the U.S..

Many immigrants from the Eastern Hemisphere also stem from predominantly Christian countries outside of Europe, such as the Philippines, ancestral home to the second - largest Asian American population, and Ghana, one of sub-Saharan Africa's several rapidly Christianizing nations; Many also come from Christian sectors of such religiously mixed countries as Korea, Vietnam, India and Lebanon.

I do not see giving in to greed and corruption, or any form of facism (by the RR) as a possibility, and I do not see giving our country away to illegal immigrants as a requirement.

In a larger country with a smaller population, Canadian evangelicals are more likely to support sharing resources and welcoming immigrants and refugees; they are less likely to feel a sense of «manifest destiny» or to see their country as a Christian nation, according to Brian Stiller, the Ontario - based global ambassador of the World Evangelical Alliance.

The continuing persecution of Christians in Indonesia provided the US judges grounds for staying deportation orders, as it is considered unconstitutional to deport immigrants to countries where they are likely to face persecution or torture.

As CT reported in 2017, immigrant pastors and churches channel funds back to ministries in their home countries, such as one Los Angeles pastor from El Salvador, whose father experienced kidnapping and death threats while leading a church back homAs CT reported in 2017, immigrant pastors and churches channel funds back to ministries in their home countries, such as one Los Angeles pastor from El Salvador, whose father experienced kidnapping and death threats while leading a church back homas one Los Angeles pastor from El Salvador, whose father experienced kidnapping and death threats while leading a church back home.

It found that a country's immigrants tend to be as happy as the whole population — for better or worse.

Washington, DC — Today, Welcome.us is pleased to release seven new celebrity PSAs in support of Immigrant Heritage Month as well as announce a number of new supporters, partners and efforts around the country joining the growing momentum behind the month - long campaign.

Geoff are you going to tell the same thing to the millions of immigrants living in the UK who may share the same views as Wenger regarding» your country» and its position in the E.U?

be it england german or france, cause the citizens of the famous european countries do nt have as much fire or will to fight as the immigrant of war countries / financially «handicapped» sub-countries like sanchez put it rightly, these spoiled kids of the rich countries have bee too long in their comfort zones, while the secondos are had to fight for a lot of things while a lot of the citizens helped them another side of the citizens (people like you) confronted them with racial views and ridicule..

The senator challenged the president to back a bipartisan Dreamer deal if he truly wants to prove he's the «least racist» person, as he has claimed in the wake of his controversial comments about certain immigrants» home countries.

Mr Trump asked, after being presented with a proposal to restore protections for immigrants from those countries as part of a bipartisan immigration deal.

With municipal ID's and driver's licenses, undocumented immigrants today would be able to better provide for their families, contribute more to the economy and fully integrate into the American mainstream, just as generations of immigrants to this country have before them.»

I hereby proclaim that the immigrant and nonimmigrant entry into the United States of aliens from countries referred to in section 217 (a)(12) of the INA, 8 U.S.C. 1187 (a)(12), would be detrimental to the interests of the United States, and I hereby suspend entry into the United States, as immigrants and nonimmigrants, of such persons for 90 days from the date of this order -LSB-...].

Drawing a distinction between «negative» and «positive» rights is just as valid as distinguishing «natural born Scotsman» from «immigrants to Scotland» from «people living in other countries but who have Scottish heritage», etc..

More recently, as home secretary she was responsible for immigration policies such as the widely criticised «go home vans» which drove round the country offering illegal immigrants help to return to their home countries.

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.

Cuomo insisted New York remains a beacon for immigrants as the federal government moves to ban travel from seven Middle Eastern countries for three months and halt refugee travel for four months.

Trump is likely to rescind an Obama - era policy that protects nearly 600,000 immigrants who entered the country illegally as children and are known as «Dreamers.»

Instead of developing policies aimed at making immigration work for the country as a whole, however, the response of the Westminster political class over recent years has been to debate caps on immigration and give credence to the philosophical position that immigrants are a drain on society instead of net contributors.

But many have blamed Trump's success on pure prejudice, as he staked much of his candidacy on plans to build a wall on the Mexican border, deport undocumented immigrants and bar Muslims from entering the country — and attracted support from the Ku Klux Klan and other groups and figures associated with white nationalism.