Sentences with phrase «attacks against immigrants»
Espada's office announced this morning that the majority leader and Sampson will co-host the even to address a «developing crisis» evident in «an alarming rash of bias attacks against immigrants, particularly Hispanics, in the Bronx, Staten Island and Long Island, and a rise in anti-immigrant sentiment across the country and state.
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«The rash of attacks we have seen in the city and suburbs is clearly being fueled by the anti-immigration sentiment sweeping the country — particularly against immigrants of Hispanic origin — that began in Arizona with that state's discriminatory immigration laws,» said Espada, who came to New York form Puerto Rico at the age of five.
«The reaction to me when I said perhaps we should accept ten Syrian families... for the hundred thousand people in Bassetlaw... it was 99.9 % against any immigrants and that includes Labour party members attacking me on social media for daring to suggest that ten more immigrant families should be allowed into this country.
«This savage move against our brother Ravi Ragbir is an attack on his family, colleagues, and the immigrant communities to whom he's devoted his life,» said Steven Choi, Executive Director of the New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC).
Sen. Marisol Alcantara, a Manhattan Democrat who angrily struck back against attacks that the IDC is emboldening the GOP and Trump's agenda, praised the new funding for immigrant legal services.
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.
«We have to defend ourselves against the [Trump] administration and their attacks on the immigrant community.»
December 9, 2015 • Since the Sept. 11 attacks, FBI hate crime data and census trends show that states with the strongest backlash against Muslims saw decreased rates of assimilation among Muslim immigrants in America.
In the past year, our culture has dealt with continuous turmoil, mass shootings, increasingly disturbing accounts of gross sexual misconduct, threats to the rights of immigrants, reproductive rights, transgender rights, threats against our rights to health care, against gender and racial equality, against the protection of our environment, of internet neutrality, as well as attacks against Planned Parenthood, the EPA, the NEA and global organizations such as UNESCO.
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.»
FACL Condemns US President Trump's Order Against Muslim Immigrants and Refugees — as well as the Attack on Muslims in the City of Québec