Sentences with phrase «by immigrant families»

The area that comprises the village today was once farmland managed by immigrant families during the 1830s.

This historical community, once almost exclusively inhabited by immigrant families, has witnessed an expected but swift wave of gentrification.

Not exact matches

Hassan Khosrowshahi was honoured with the Order of Canada in June, which doubtlessly meant something to an immigrant who fled Iran in 1980 after his family's Minoo Group was nationalized by the revolutionary government.

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..!?

By official statistics, thirteen percent of Americans are poor today» many of them immigrants of the last few years who will not long remain poor, and measured by a standard that counts as poor families with cash income (not income in kind, from welfare benefits, for example) up to about twenty thousand dollars for a family of fouBy official statistics, thirteen percent of Americans are poor today» many of them immigrants of the last few years who will not long remain poor, and measured by a standard that counts as poor families with cash income (not income in kind, from welfare benefits, for example) up to about twenty thousand dollars for a family of fouby a standard that counts as poor families with cash income (not income in kind, from welfare benefits, for example) up to about twenty thousand dollars for a family of four.

Like immigrant Protestants, Catholics, and Jews before them, Muslim immigrant families are seeking to find their place in American society on the basis of their distinctive religious identity, not by renouncing it.

The conference — cohosted by the ERLC and Focus on the Family — features more than 50 speakers addressing not only abortion but such issues as adoption, end - of - life care, ministry to those with special needs, human trafficking, service to immigrants and refugees, and the development of a pro-life worldview.

Alpine Meats has kept its family atmosphere intact ever since it was founded by a Swiss immigrant who came to America with just $ 100 in his pocket.

What began as a small specialty foods trading company established by six Italian immigrants in 1920 now is a full - scale, family owned business importing and distributing nearly 4,800 high - quality, international food items to more than 1,000 restaurant and retail clients in southern California, Arizona and Nevada annually.

Northern Fish Products consists of four family owned companies, the first of which, Northern Fish, was founded in 1912 by a Norwegian immigrant, Johannes Swanes.

Henry Wiers started his time in America by working in local factories, but in 1896, he traveled with his family and other Dutch immigrants to Willard, Ohio.

Founded in 1967 by Cuban immigrants, it is still privately held by the Gaviña family, and currently roasts 32 million pounds of coffee annually.

Headquartered in San Antonio, CHG was founded in 1851 by German immigrant Carl Hilmar Guenther and has been continuously owned by Guenther family members since its founding.

My parents are Indian immigrants, so although we were based in Dallas, I grew up surrounded by Indian friends and family, all of whom (including us) were strict vegetarians.

Brought to Collinsville by Dutch and German immigrants, the root has been farmed by families for generations.

Originally opened in 1886 by German immigrant John Geist Sr., the property at 311 Jefferson was once home to Nashville's oldest family - owned business until 2006.

But by the end of the 1990s the stockyards had closed, and today many of the families of the South High soccer players — with immigrant parents from not only Mexico but also Central America, Southeast Asia and Africa — live in the housing stock abandoned by those Europeans and work in the lone meatpacking plant, a few blocks from the school.

The reasons behind incomplete or missing paperwork are complex, including immigrants who are fearful of disclosing personal information to authorities and overburdened families frustrated by more red tape.

Talk about your own family's immigrant experience («Great - Grandma came from Italy and had to work very hard» or some such) or talk about the ways our world has been shaped by immigrants («What would life be like today without pizza?»).

Founded by Ruth Abram and Anita Jacobson, the Tenement Museum showcases one of the first houses in the United States for immigrant families.

Cynthia Nixon was endorsed Friday by an immigration group that has been allied with the Working Families Party that also revives the debate over driver's licenses for undocumented immigrants.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is offering his top attorneys to help defend detainees and their families affected by President Donald Trump's executive order banning immigrants.

It is also one of the major reasons why immigrants are deported, how families get torn apart by child welfare services, and why former convicts get trapped in the parole system, he added.

The analyses found that the policy change would help support immigrant families by expanding job opportunities, while modestly lowering insurance premiums for all state drivers and improving public safety on roadways, with the fiscal costs of implementing the proposal more than offset by added revenues.

By way of biography Malliotakis described herself as the child of immigrants, with a mother from Cuba and a father from Greece, who grew up spending a great deal of time in their family business in Sunset Park.

Perez Williams, who comes from a family of Mexican immigrants, is one of the four remaining candidates in a race for mayor that, for most of the year, was primarily dominated by white men.

Spitzer's family history is archetypal: The luxury Upper East Side building where he lives was built by his father, who amassed one of the city's great real - estate fortunes after growing up in a cold - water Lower East Side flat as the son of impoverished Mitteleuropäisch immigrants.

«Whether it's voting to give free college tuition to illegals or allowing his campaign to be completely taken over by groups pushing for the passage of legislation that would give illegals the right to vote in our elections and serve on our juries, Todd Kaminsky has consistently put the «rights» of illegal immigrants ahead of the rights of law - abiding Long Island taxpayers and their families.

The dispute is complicated by the fact the public school population is increasingly made up of low - income families, immigrants who do not speak English and students with disabilities.

By Jeremy Warneke Born in 1921 in East Harlem to Irish immigrants, Patrick «Pat» Dolan grew up in the Bronx, where he raised his own family and continues to reside.

Laurie Osmond, an Onteora school board member, said undocumented immigrants fear they will not be able to notify family members if they are to be taken into custody by federal officials.

The report, Safe Havens: Protecting and Supporting New York State's Immigrant Students — released by The Education Trust — New York, Advocates for Children of New York, the New York Immigration Coalition and The Committee for Hispanic Children and Families, Inc. — finds that while the New York State Education Department (SED) and the Attorney General's Office, as well as several individual school districts, have taken a number of important steps, there is much more to do.

«Washington's dysfunction has forced millions of immigrant families to live in the shadows, under constant threat of being ripped apart by deportation,» said State Senator Adriano Espaillat.

NY State Senator Jeff Klein is joined by other elected officials to announce $ 250,000 in funding for the Vera Institute of Justice's New York Immigrant Family Unity Project on Monday, November 28, 2016.

New York Governor Cuomo is offering his top attorneys to help defend detainees and their families affected by President Trump's executive order banning immigrants, in the midst of second day of protests across the nation, including at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport.

«As Attorney General, she has been a fighter for middle class families, for children, for immigrants, and for the environment,» Perez said in a statement released by Harris» campaign.

On Wednesday, in a radio interview on WNYC, de Blasio accused Donald Trump of «literally trying to undermine fundamental constitutional rights,» by opposing birthright citizenship for immigrant families.

- Help immigrants by «implementing the Empire State Immigrant Defense Project; expanding the naturalization services offered at the state's Office of New Americans; pressing for passage of the DREAM Act; and convening the New York State Blue Ribbon Panel on Immigrants to make recommendations that support the integration and success of immigrants and their familiimmigrants by «implementing the Empire State Immigrant Defense Project; expanding the naturalization services offered at the state's Office of New Americans; pressing for passage of the DREAM Act; and convening the New York State Blue Ribbon Panel on Immigrants to make recommendations that support the integration and success of immigrants and their familiImmigrants to make recommendations that support the integration and success of immigrants and their familiimmigrants and their families.»

«Across New York, fraudulent service providers are making millions of dollars by ripping off immigrant communities for what they think are rushed or necessary applications for life - altering legal documents: green cards, entrance visas for family members, or the passports to leave and enter the country,» read the release.

Trump, in a visit Wednesday to the Department of Homeland Security in Washington, D.C., referenced families who were the victims of crimes by undocumented immigrants.

«It is unconscionable for scam artists to prey on heightened fear in our immigrant communities by pretending to be ICE officers and demanding that families pay up in order to avoid deportation,» Schneiderman said in the press release.

During the campaign, she defined herself as a feminist who understands the struggles of working families and immigrants, someone who could break barriers for the upper Manhattan district, which has long been dominated by male leadership.

The IDC, led by Bronx State Senator Jeffrey Klein, have asserted that the arrangement with the GOP has permitted the passage of numerous liberal measures — including gun control, paid family leave, a minimum wage hike and the creation of a legal services fund for undocumented immigrants.

«In the short time that he has been leading the district attorney's office, Eric has addressed the concerns of the diverse immigrant communities of Brooklyn by opposing the Trump administration's harmful proposals that can, at the very least, disrupt the daily life of some Brooklynites and at worst, break up families.

«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.

Joo's research challenges the view that, by their sheer numbers, children of immigrant families are a major obstacle to a strong U.S. economy.

By 2003, when the national child poverty rate had fallen to 17.6 percent, approximately 54 percent of children of immigrants lived in families with incomes under twice the federal poverty level, compared to 36 percent of children of native - born parents.

The bombings were part of an Al Qaeda attack carried out by three British - born Muslims from immigrant families and one Jamaican convert to Islam.

By this definition, nearly one fourth of all US children in 2010 were living in immigrant families.

Lisa DeCamp, M.D., M.S.P.H., assistant professor of pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the study's senior author, noted that although parental surveys of this kind have weaknesses in terms of parent responses reflecting the breadth of traumas children may be exposed to, the findings, published in the Oct. issue of the journal Pediatrics, offer new insight into potentially higher childhood resiliency among immigrant families supported by strong community networks and a strong sense of cultural identity.