Sentences with phrase «by the immigrant defense»

There have been about 60 arrests or attempted arrests in New York courts this year, with at least eight arrests in Brooklyn, according to a survey by the Immigrant Defense Project.

A survey released by the Immigrant Defense Project found about 60 arrests or attempted arrests were made in New York courts this year, with eight in Brooklyn.

Mancheno pointed to a study by the Immigrant Defense Project that surveyed 235 legal providers throughout New York State.

Staffed by the Immigrant Defense Project, the Immigrant Legal Resource Center, and the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild, the Defending Immigrants Partnership collaborates with public defender offices and criminal defense organizations on behalf of noncitizens facing criminal charges.

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Hawkins» platform (http://www.howiehawkins.org/issues) outlines numerous proposals on worker and immigrants rights, including the NY Dream Act; Drivers Licenses for Undocumented Immigrants; and expansion of the Liberty Defense Project by increasing funding for legal services to immigrants to $ 2immigrants rights, including the NY Dream Act; Drivers Licenses for Undocumented Immigrants; and expansion of the Liberty Defense Project by increasing funding for legal services to immigrants to $ 2Immigrants; and expansion of the Liberty Defense Project by increasing funding for legal services to immigrants to $ 2immigrants to $ 20 million.

The governor announced he's putting together a public - private legal defense fund to help immigrants who can't afford their own defense if they are targeted by the federal government.

Cuomo said this year's state budget allocates $ 10 million to the Liberty Defense Fund, a program launched last year to provide legal assistance for immigrants targeted by ICE raids.

But the proposal does include millions of dollar set aside for immigrant legal defense, a measure sought by the Independent Democratic Conference.

It was shot at the Regional Transportation Center by Sheila Sicilia, a member of the Syracuse Immigrant and Refugee Defense Network.

Courthouse arrests by ICE «feed into the notion some have that immigrants are bad people,» said Mizue Aizeki, Deputy Director of the Immigrant Defense Fund.

- 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.»

New York set aside $ 10 million for the legal defense of immigrants targeted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement just days after ICE announced the arrest of hundreds of people in the state.

Analysts have cited a legion of reasons for the state's slide in achievement: the steady leaching of resources from the schools that was the inevitable result of the infamous 1970s property - tax revolt led by Howard Jarvis; a long period of economic woes caused by layoffs in the defense industry; curriculum experiments with «whole language» reading instruction and «new math» that were at best a distraction and at worst quite damaging; a school finance lawsuit that led to a dramatic increase in the state's authority over school budgets and operations; and a massive influx of new students and non-English-speaking immigrants that almost surely depressed test scores.

Brought to you by: The Immigrant Defense Project, The National Immigration Project & The Immigrant Legal Resource Center Site Implementation by Akiva Rubin

The new Immigrant Children's Defense Corps is an initiative of that program, and we are now recruiting fellows to begin by Dec. 1!