Sentences with phrase «came to the country from»

Last year I came to this country from Glasgow and started a business importing tea from England and wholesaling it to independent outlets throughout the United States.

If you deside to come to this country from another country not everybody knows about your religion and you need to let others know before you start your chanting etc..

I'm a second - generation migrant, my parents came to this country from Pakistan, just like the Windrush generation, obviously a different part of the world, from South Asia not the Caribbean, but other than that, similar in almost every way.»

«Like the Caribbean Windrush generation, my parents came to this country from the Commonwealth in the 1960s,» he said.

Martinez, who came to this country from Mexico 15 years ago, quit in disgust after only seven weeks and filed a complaint with the Labor Department.

When we came to this country from China, it was always his intent for me to become a doctor.

His parents came to this country from Mexico, with no education and no prospects for work.

Ireland «s early population may have come to the country from as far away as the Middle East and Eurasia, a genetic study has found.

(The Education Department during Duncan's tenure released written guidelines reminding districts of that obligation, particularly after waves of unaccompanied children came to the country from Central America in recent years.)

In 1895, my grandmother and grandfather came to this country from what was then Syria, which is now Lebanon.

It may sound obvious, but A Good American is a quintessentially American story: A man and woman come to this country from Germany in 1904.

The BF came to this country from Dr. Ian Billinghurst, an Australian veterinarian that has written two books that I sell on natural diets.

Brooklyn - based artist Paul Anthony Smith similarly makes work informed by his experience of coming to this country from Jamaica at the age of nine.

Patrick was born and raised in Modesto, California, the son of a criminal defense attorney who used to be a Sheriff Captain and a legal secretary who came to this country from Mexico when she was a child.

Not exact matches

It comes from the Great Depression, when countries resorted to tariffs to «protect» jobs and only ended up making things worse.

Steve Case's new $ 150 million venture fund dedicated to the flyover states is great, tangible proof of the tech world's interest in bringing the rest of the country along for the economic growth that comes from the innovation economy.

Those efforts have started to pay off, said Arbid, who noted that around 39 percent of the country's revenue last year came from non-oil sectors.

For oil - importing countries we expect growth this year to be 4.7 percent, coming up from 4.2 percent last year.

The insinuation is that old habits die hard and some firms have these arrangements in place because their advisors were accustomed to earning trailer fees before they came over from the Old Country.

O'Reilly and her team invited speakers to come to the event from every corner of the globe, inviting investors and startups from 20 different countries, all with positive responses — surely a strong indication of early success.

Despite some changes, the country has preserved much of its traditional Buddhist culture, a big draw for the tourists who come from around the world to explore its majestic mountains and centuries - old monasteries.

Trump's widely reported comment, which the White House did not deny, came Thursday during a bipartisan meeting with lawmakers on immigration in which he used the term to describe Haiti and African countries and instead expressed an interest in accepting immigrants from countries like Norway, whose prime minister he had spoken with the day before.

Many suspect that the next ECB president — a role that becomes vacant next year — is more likely to come from a northern European country.

One of the biggest names in the auto industry is concerned with potential changes to free trade amid the new protectionist rhetoric that is coming from countries including the U.S.

This has led many to suspect that the next ECB president — a role that becomes vacant next year — is more likely to come from a northern European country for balance, and could therefore have a more hawkish outlook when compared to incumbent Mario Draghi.

Startups came from around the country (and some flew in from Europe and Asia) to participate in the demo day.

He has proposed tariffs and taxes on goods coming in to this country (for example, a 35 % import tax on goods from Mexico) and considers China to be more enemy than rival.

Bush says many fellows who come to work in the US from other countries are surprised by the systemic problems they encounter in poor urban areas.

Even among the interns who come from various colleges across the country, who work for minimum wage, it becomes clear who's going to make it and who's not going to make it.

While the full scope of the damage has yet to be determined, outpourings of concern and offerings of assistance have come in from every corner of the nation and other countries, particularly from members of the business community.

According to Madden, there is a «valid concern» about using network equipment from an unfriendly country, particularly if they make everything down to the processing chips (a concern that has of course been animating the Chinese when it comes to American chips).

In the revised version of the immigration order, the Trump administration will continue to allow citizens of Iraq to come into the U.S.. Additionally, the order no longer features a provision allowing religious minorities from banned countries into the U.S..

Indeed, Mattel's move comes at a time when the U.S. administration has taken steps that are seen as hostile to Muslim people, not least banning visitors from Muslim - majority countries.

French energy giant Engie SA bought the cargo to meet high gas demand during freezing weather in the northeast U.S.. Although not completely unheard of (Norway has previously sent LNG to the U.S.), this would have been the first time that the country imported a cargo from northwest European storage tanks, some of which undoubtedly came from the $ 27 billion Yamal LNG plant Russia started a month ago.

It came to light this week when presidential hopeful Donald Trump said he would block Muslims from entering the country as a way to deter terrorists.

I'm also glad the President believes our country should continue to benefit from «people of great talent coming into the country.»

Nonetheless, Orrantia says he plans to actively oppose any anti-immigration policies and remain in the country that he's called home since coming here from Mexico when he was 18.

«If you're in India and you want to establish a longer - term relationship with a company, you'd like to know that the company comes from a country with solid finances, good technology and a stable workforce and government,» he says.

So as BlackBerry is battered by the competition, and we wring our hands wondering where the country's next Research In Motion will come from, look to Mike.

Apart from a few brilliant authors and composers, not much good has ever come out of Russia; and unless there is a sharp improvement in the outlook for that country it could drag the rest of the world, including Australia, into a crisis to rival that of 2008.

The United Kingdom, which held the top spot in the ranking from 2013 to 2015 (including twice tying Germany), came in third place along with Finland, France, Italy, and Spain, with 175 countries at passport holders» fingertips.

In an interview with YFS Magazine, global entrepreneur Tej Kohli talked about the different hurdles he came across when expanding from country to country, including learning about behavioral and cultural norms, legal and tax differences and much more.

But after seeing so many nonprofits come to Haiti, he decided that his native country would benefit more greatly from a focus on economic development.

A new study from Barclays, «Origins and Legacy: the Changing Order of Wealth Creation,» finds developing countries now lead the U.S. when comes to wealth creation by entrepreneurs.

He said those countries are hurting from a budgetary standpoint and will «grasp at any straw to argue that there is a cut coming.»

In the true south of the country on the shores of the Mediterranean, this town of about 2,000 residents is a bustling market town popular with locals who come from all around the region to taste the locally grown produce and artisan goods — a truly French experience.

As they trek towards the Mexico - U.S. border, a group of construction workers are building a wall — ordered by President Trump — to prevent anyone from coming into the country.

Trump's reported choice of terminology to describe majority - black countries — while suggesting that more immigrants should come to the U.S. from the very - white Norway — sparked international outrage.

China intensified its efforts this year to contain risks coming from a long stretch of excessive borrowing, but concerns continued to mount when the country's debt didn't stop climbing.

Last year, Singapore, a trading hub of the world's largest commodity companies, came under scrutiny from the governments of some resource - producing countries such as Australia who said they suspect the companies are using units in the Southeast Asian financial center to avoid tax.