Sentences with phrase «because immigrant life»

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It was easy for me, then, to become cynical about the faith that I was raised in, to punch the holes into the theology of the people I grew up with and spot the gaps in the preaching and methods, and point a finger of blame when «they» got it wrong, to separate myself from the culture and, like most kids raised by immigrant parents (because, in a way, my parents were like immigrants to this strange new land of Christianity), I took for granted my life in the new Kingdom, completely unable to imagine a life without freedom, without joy, without Jesus.

Because ours was a relatively small congregation made up of German immigrants who often shared my grandfather's story, I knew everyone in it and they knew me, Together we formed a community that tried — we did not succeed nearly enough — to mirror in this life what God's love for everyone means practically.

She was 19 at the time and an orphan, a Holocaust survivor with limited schooling and skills, an immigrant who most likely needed a husband because she couldn't live with her aunt and uncle forever.

«This was the immigrant boy whose first act in Britain was to discard his name Adolphe because of its associations with Hitler, and become Ralph, and who helped his father earn a living rescuing furniture from bombed houses in the Blitz.»

The home secretary tried to argue that article eight of the Act, which guarantees the right to family life, was preventing the deportation of criminals and cited the example of an «illegal immigrant» who could not be deported because of his pet cat.

«I'm here because I think it's really important for Asian Pacific Americans to show solidarity for immigrant communities to pass comprehensive immigration reform legislation,» said law school graduate Michelle Lee, 25, who lives in Manhattan.

They link the two phenomena because many Hispanics in the U.S. are immigrants: according to the latest census data, two out of five Hispanics living in the U.S. were not born there.

«Because the majority of children in immigrant families, including those in noncitizen families, are U.S. citizens by birth and are likely to remain here throughout their lives, investing in human capital and economic outcomes should be an important national agenda,» he said.

Dr. Ray, also a scientist at ICES, said this may be because wealthier immigrants, who have lived in Canada longer, lose the «healthy immigrant effect,» where immigrants are generally healthier than people born in Canada.

I live from 3 years as an immigrant in montreal and search a relation because I did not give with me any familly.

You know that feeling when you have no social life because you're devoted to your work and your church, and some of the church elders ask you to provide a room from a recent immigrant from abroad, and that immigrant turns out to look just like Gugu Mbatha - Raw?

Furthermore, «for someone living in a town where the big company has shut the factory and moved the jobs to China, or for a roofer who has watched a contractor hire illegal immigrants because they are cheaper, anger and frustration are rational.»

In 2006, when Mande was one of 50 students who won an essay contest held by Oprah Winfrey on the book Night by Elie Wiesel, her best friend declared she had won only because of her life in the Congo and her U.S. immigrant status.

Bonert's coming - of - age novel captures the reader because of its historical perspective, diverse characters, and narrative through the lives of immigrants.

Young folks starting out on their own, college students away from home, people recovering from a major life event (such as a divorce or major illness), and recent immigrants may also benefit from a secured credit card, because it helps them begin or reboot their credit histories.

«Immigrants move to Canada for a better life for their family and for some, possessing brand name goods is aspirational because they couldn't really afford these items in their home countries.

Los Suecos means, «The Swedes» because of the Swedish family that lived down by this beach years ago, and because it was the favorite beach of Swedish immigrant Nils Olof Wessberg and his wife Karen Morgenson, who founded Costa Rica's national park system.

The «free box» exists, I think, because I live in a major college town and it is supported AND used by everyone from homeless mentally ill people to immigrants doing the work Americans won't do (yard work, nannying) to the financially comfortable university - connected people with paid - up - mortgages in the leafier neighborhoods.

On the occasions in which the City of Rome was no longer the preferred destination of immigrants seeking opportunities for a better life, the city abruptly shrank greatly in population, because there were no longer enough replacements for its constant loss of population to disease.

My parents bought the life insurance when they were new immigrants into the U.S.A. Because they didn't have any financial knowledge, they bought the insurance based on what the representative said to them: they only need to make premium payments for approximately 12 years.

Parents of youth with internalizing and externalizing behaviors, substance use and abuse, delinquency, police arrests, out - of - home placements, and deviant peer association; parents who are depressed, highly stressed, living in poverty or high - crime neighborhoods, Spanish - speaking immigrants, parents returning from wars (e.g., Iraq / Afghanistan) who may be experiencing posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), mothers living in shelters or supportive housing because of homelessness or domestic violence, birth parents whose children are in care because of abuse / neglect, and family with transitions such as divorce, single parenting, and step - families

«I just don't want to take my life savings and commit to a house because even if things go my way with the green card, what if the climate here continues to get more and more aggressive toward immigrants?»