Sentences with phrase «by immigrant parents»

Both Andrew and I are first generation Americans and were raised by immigrant parents so we have a lot of family abroad and spent a lot of our childhood visiting our parents» home towns.

She was raised outside New York City by immigrant parents.

«The adjustment challenges for young people who have been raised in the U.S. by immigrant parents can be complex and multifaceted.»

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.

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That said, I was glad to hear President Trump say he's going to «work something out» for Dreamers — immigrants who were brought to this country at a young age by their parents.

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.

It is estimated that by 2031, 50 per cent of Malaysians over the age of 15 will be immigrants or have foreign - born parents.

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.

I'll be speaking at the second one, at 10:45 in the same room, along with the national leaders of NUPGE (representing provincial workers) and CUPE (representing municipal workers) about the contribution of public workers to greater equality by improving the lives of marginalized Canadians — the unemployed, the homeless, single parents, recent immigrants, senior citizens, and others.

But candidate and MP Michael Chong, whose stump speech begins with a story about being the child of immigrant parents, could shift easily into the space vacated by Kenney's departure.

So she conducted her research at two sites, one of them a more or less typical second - generation congregation (which she calls «Grace») that meets in the same building as its parent Korean immigrant congregation, and the other («Manna») a predominantly Asian American but remarkably multiethnic congregation that meets in a building owned by an African - American congregation.

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.

Raised by Chinese immigrant parents who taught her the art of simple, healthy, home - style Cantonese food, Sharon Wong, MEd, focuses her blog on «allergy aware Asian fare.»

His is a classic foreign basketball legend's tale: born to Greek immigrants in New Jersey, starred at Seton Hall in the late «70s, got drafted by the Celtics but never made the team, then moved to his parents» native country to dominate for over a decade and ignite a basketball explosion.

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.

Since Election Day, I have fielded an incredible number of phone calls and received countless emails from sports parents reporting incidents of discrimination and bullying against immigrants, African - Americans, Jews, and LGBT youth by teammates and coaches.

«My parents came here as immigrants in the sixties and my dad would tell me stories of when he first came here by himself and my mum was still in Pakistan.

Khojasteh, who was born in Iran, and moved to the U.S. with his parents after the Islamic Revolution and during the early years of the Iran - Iraq War, says he and his wife, Anjella, also a child of immigrants from Iran, «are blessed to be products of that long - talked - about «American Dream» — raised by parents with nothing more than hard work, determination and a dream to provide their children as much possibility as possible.»

«The challenge for us is to set the record straight regarding Senator Sanders, which I think is something that young people should be concerned about, the fact that their parents and their relatives, especially Latinos and immigrants, have been impacted by the lack of commitment coming out of Senator Sanders throughout the years,» Velázquez said.

For 16 years, advocates for legalizing young immigrants brought here illegally by their parents have tried — and failed — to pass the DREAM Act, legislation to shield them from deportation.

A 2013 decision by the Dominican Constitutional Court determined that several hundred thousand residents of the Caribbean nation born to undocumented immigrants are not citizens — even if their parents arrived as far back as 1929.

Mario dwelled on the role played by his own immigrant parents in his son's political education.

Gillibrand echoed the concerns of all those progressive lawmakers, who raged about the fact that the deal decoupled the budget from the fate of the «Dreamers,» young undocumented immigrants brought to America by their parents.

Six immigrants brought to the U.S. by their parents illegally as children have sued the Trump administration over its decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program.

Republicans in suburban swing districts are convinced they can boost their support with independent voters with a vote in support of the so - called Dreamers, young, undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. illegally by their parents and are now at risk of deportation after President Donald Trump ended a program protecting them.

BY PAUL SCHINDLER Standing across the street from the Catholic church in Inwood where her parents married and her immigrant grandfather's funeral was held, City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn formally announced her candidacy for mayor on the morning of March 10.

A «data room» displays recent statistics illustrating that discrimination, by showing, for example, that the children of immigrants to France enjoy fewer employment opportunities than people whose parents were born there.

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.

More than two - thirds of uninsured children with immigrant parents are US citizens, according to an analysis of nationwide survey data by Eric E. Seiber, PhD, of The Ohio State University College of Public Health, Columbus.

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.

In his recent book, titled Immigrants Raising Citizens, he concludes that these children often show signs of developmental delays due to the additional challenges posed by their parents» status.»

I think this commitment is represented well by HGSE faculty members, including some hired during my deanship, for example: Nancy Hill with her work on parenting and family socialization practices across ethnic, socio - economic, and neighborhood contexts; Meira Levinson with her work on civic and multicultural education; Natasha Warikoo with her work on race, immigration, inequality, and culture as they relate to education; and Hiro Yoshikawa with his work on the development of young children in immigrant families.

Beneath A Scarlet Sky by Mark Sullivan is a true story of Pino Lella who was a seventeen year of Italian boy living in Millan whose parents sent him to live in a monastery in the Alps where he and his fifteen year old brother led Jewish immigrants, downed British pilots and others to freedom over the Alps to Switzerland during World War II.

Her book, Balancing Acts: Youth Culture in the Global City (University of California Press 2010), challenges teachers, administrators, and parents to look beneath the outward manifestations of youth culture — the clothing, music, and tough talk — to better understand the internal struggle faced by many minority students and children of immigrants as they try to fit in with peers while working to lay the groundwork for successful lives.

Her forthcoming book, Balancing Acts: Youth Culture in the Global City (University of California Press 2010), challenges teachers, administrators, and parents to look beneath the outward manifestations of youth culture — the clothing, music, and tough talk — to better understand the internal struggle faced by many minority students and children of immigrants as they try to fit in with peers while working to lay the groundwork for successful lives.

Roughly 4 million children born in the United States are being raised by undocumented immigrant parents.

Immigrants Raising Citizens Creates Problems We Ignore The Dallas Morning News, December 28, 2012 «An in - depth three - year study by the Harvard School of Education's Hirokazu Yoshikawa reached stunning conclusions about the harmful consequences for these young American children growing up with marginalized noncitizen parents.»

Citing a recent article, McCartney noted that 22 percent of U.S. youth report having immigrant parents and that by the year 2040 over a third of youth will be growing up in immigrant households.

His most recent book, Immigrants Raising Citizens: Undocumented Parents and Their Children, was published this spring by Russell Sage.

Enact legislation to help young undocumented immigrants — who were brought to the country illegally by their parents — attain U.S. citizenship and encourage them to do so.

It seems to be to do with the expectations that parents hold for their children, the work ethic of the east Asian immigrant group, along with the selection of schools by the parents as well,» Dr Jerrim argued.

But according to media reports, immigrant rights groups are being flooded with calls from fearful parents, along with pregnant women afraid to go to the hospital and crime victims afraid to call the police — all affected by the new law.

This is a new, very competitive testing system from a more rigorous curriculum, so let's not get discouraged by the results,» said Susana Zambrano, a parent leader with the immigrant advocacy group CARECEN in Los Angeles.

Yet traditionalists — including descendants of immigrants named Weingarten, Ravitch, and Van Roekel — continue to perpetuate this legacy of bigotry by opposing the expansion of school choice and Parent Power.

For instance, in choosing links for the 2007 Michael L. Printz Award book American Born Chinese by Gene Yang, I was able to select graphic novels and books about graphic novels, for readers who are interested in the format, as well as historical fiction about the lives of Chinese immigrants in North America and contemporary novels about teens living with immigrant parents.

Lam's first book, a collection of interconnected short stories, opens with «How To Get Into Medical School, Part 1, a story which at first glance treads familiar territory - an Asian girl of first generation immigrant parents finds herself torn between her budding love for fellow medical student Fitz (an unsuitable boy by dint of him not being Asian) and her drive to succeed at the highest level as a medical student.

The nameless 12 - year - old narrator of Lin's harsh realist novel schemes to lose his virginity in an inchoate attempt to prove himself to himself when everything else at the run - down motel owned by his immigrant Taiwanese parents is utterly demoralizing.

German - Americans, like Greek, Italian, Polish or Scandinavian - Americans, were often regarded with suspicion by many whose parents or grandparents had themselves been immigrants.

Teenagers are often embarrassed by their parents, but children of immigrants are especially prone to feeling shamed by their parents» accents and perceived foreignness.