Sentences with phrase «blocking immigration legislation»

Cantor has compiled a solidly conservative voting record in his tenure, but he was sometimes viewed with suspicion by tea party activists who said he had been in Congress too long and was insufficiently committed to blocking immigration legislation.

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In the wake of Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in the New York metro area and across the country last week, Brooklyn Congresswoman Yvette Clarke is pushing legislation that would block President Donald Trump «s executive order targeting for so - called «sanctuary cities.»

Ms. Mark - Viverito, a Democrat, also said the City Council would pass legislation over the next year to block federal immigration agents from entering «private areas on city property and offices where New Yorkers receive social services» without a warrant or a court order.