Sentences with phrase «child of undocumented immigrants»

It would allow children of undocumented immigrants to go to college.

Senate Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeff Klein, who is in a ruling coalition with the Republicans, says he's disappointed that two Democrats joined the GOP to vote no on the bill to allow tuition aid for children of undocumented immigrants.

In the midst of a national debate on immigration, the New York State Assembly this week passed a bill to give children of undocumented immigrants access to financial aid for college.

President Donald Trump is expected to announce Tuesday the end of an Obama - era program that protects children of undocumented immigrants from deportation, but he may include a six - month delay, according to The New York Times.

The threat of a lawsuit from 10 conservative state attorneys general has led to reports that President Donald Trump plans on ending or at least modifying the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, a program that protects children of undocumented immigrants who were brought into this country when they were too young to have a say.

As New York State budget talks reach their final days, and perhaps even hours, a group of Hispanic lawmakers is pushing for the inclusion of the Dream Act in the budget, It would offer college aid to children of undocumented immigrants who were born in the country.

The GOP has blocked passage of bills including the Dream Act, to help children of undocumented immigrants get college aid, a measure to codify the abortion rights in Roe v. Wade into state law, and campaign finance reform.

He says he also wants to achieve three major unfinished progressive goals — the Dream Act, to give children of undocumented immigrants college aid; the Women's Equality Act, which contains an abortion rights provision; and public campaign finance.

There are a number of nonspending items tied to the budget, including the Child Victims Act, to give victims of childhood sexual abuse greater access to the courts, and the Dream Act, which would qualify children of undocumented immigrants for college aid.

The GOP has blocked passage of bills including the Dream Act, to help children of undocumented immigrants get college aid, a measure to codify the abortion rights in Roe v. Wade into state law, as well as campaign finance reform.

But he has partnered with the Trump transition team to address immigration policy, particularly the status of children of undocumented immigrants.

Supporters of the measure to give state aid for college tuition to children of undocumented immigrants say they are disappointed and saddened that the measure lost in the Senate by just one vote.

Washington (CNN)-- Republican Senate candidate Rand Paul is once again making waves, this time for saying he opposes citizenship for U.S. born children of undocumented immigrants.

Studies Hope to Show the Emotional Toll on Children of Undocumented Immigrants NBC News, March 25, 2013» [Professor] Hirokazu Yoshikawa, the academic dean at Harvard Graduate School of Education and author of Immigrants Raising Citizens, points out that the current debate almost completely ignores children.

But while Cuomo was able to get several Republican Senators to vote to enact same sex marriage in 2011, he could not get them to budge on several issues that the Democratic left was pushing for, including, further increasing the minimum wage, allowing children of undocumented immigrants college aid known as the Dream Act, and public financing of political campaigns.

They included public campaign financing, an abortion rights provision, and tuition for children of undocumented immigrants, known as the Dream Act.

Rep. Louise Slaughter, D - Fairport, says ending an Obama immigration policy that protects children of undocumented immigrants from deportation would damage the economy.

There are a number of non-spending items tied to the budget, including the Child Victims Act, to give victims of childhood sexual abuse greater access to the courts, and the Dream Act, which would qualify children of undocumented immigrants for college aide.

As the Trump administration announced Tuesday the rescinding of DACA, the Obama - era program that protected children of undocumented immigrants from being deported, thousands of recipients have been left unsure of their futures and legal teams have already began questioning the president's action.

Children of undocumented immigrants who are brought to the United States find themselves in a no - man's land once they age out of public school.

The United States could lose up to 700,000 jobs and suffer billions of dollars in lost economic output if President Donald Trump ends a program granting work permits to the children of undocumented immigrants, a new report finds.

Clinton said she favored covering the children of undocumented immigrants under existing health care laws, as part of a larger fix to improve immigration laws.

In interviews, several company owners criticized Trump's hard - line approach for spooking their employees, some of whom are children of undocumented immigrants.

But a push to end a program that shields the children of undocumented immigrants from deportation, a move the administration has been considering, seems «self - defeating,» Mr. Zalesne said.

The investment tax credit was linked in the state budget talks to the DREAM Act, which provides tuition assistance to the children of undocumented immigrants.

Sources with knowledge of the talks say the Dream Act — legislation that would provide access to tuition assistance to the children of undocumented immigrants — will not be in the resolution.

Other findings from the Siena poll: 56 percent are in favor of legalizing recreational marijuana, and 61 percent of New Yorkers are in favor of the Dream Act, which would allow children of undocumented immigrants to receive college financial aid.

Unfortunately, current federal and state laws prevent young people who are the children of undocumented immigrant parents from receiving financial aid for college.

Democratic Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said earlier Monday that «it's not looking good» for getting the DREAM Act, which would provide college tuition assistance to the children of undocumented immigrants, and the tax credit, which would incentivize donations to groups that boost public and private education, in the final budget.

The incredible natural calamities occurring around the world have understandably taken away public attention from important policy decisions, such as the Trump Administration's move to end federal policy protecting the children of undocumented immigrants.

Thanks to legislation approved by then - Governor George Pataki, children of undocumented immigrants can attend public colleges and pay the same tuition as other in - state students.

They include the Dream Act to give college aid to the children of undocumented immigrants, the Child Victims Act for survivors of childhood sexual assault and early voting procedures.

The other, known as the Dream Act, would allow children of undocumented immigrants to receive aid for college tuition.

If Trump considers himself «pro-life,» he should reconsider his decision to end a program that allows the children of undocumented immigrants to remain in the United States, Pope Francis said.

He told them that he can no longer rely on Senate Republicans to approve key issues like the Dream Act for children of undocumented immigrants and a reform package that limits campaign contributions.

Assembly Democrats also once again approved the Dream Act, which provides college tuition aid to children of undocumented immigrants.

ALBANY, N.Y. — In a rare moment of agreement, Albany's three Democrat candidates for mayor each signaled a willingness to defy President Donald Trump and refuse to round up the children of undocumented immigrants, currently protected under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy.

Moya, in a statement Thursday morning, supports both measures (He is the main sponsor of the Dream Act in the Assembly, which provides tuition assistance to the children of undocumented immigrants).

Governor Cuomo put a number of progressive issues into his state budget proposal, including the Dream Act, to give college aid to the children of undocumented immigrants, early voting measures and reforming the criminal justice system to end cash bail.

The Senate on Monday voted down a bill that would allow for tuition assistance to the children of undocumented immigrants, and advocates have vowed to have that included in the state budget.

The compromise would have yoked the Dream Act — which provides tuition assistance to the children of undocumented immigrants — to the tax credit for donations to private and parochial school scholarships as well as public school programs.

Silver added that the Dream Act, a measure that would provide public tuition aid to the children of undocumented immigrants, remains under discussion.

The Dream Act — which provides state tuition assistance to the children of undocumented immigrants — wasn't included following a public back and forth with Latino members of the Legislature.

It would provide college aid to the children of undocumented immigrants.

A number of other items that Cuomo initially tied to passage of the budget also were dropped, including raising the minimum wage, the Dream Act, which would provide college aid to children of undocumented immigrants, and an education tax credit sought by the Catholic Church, among others.

It would give college aid to children of undocumented immigrants.

Discussing the close of the legislative session, Cuomo acknowledged that it was almost certain that the omnibus Women's Equality Act, campaign finance reform and the DREAM Act, which would expand higher education funding for the children of undocumented immigrants, are dead because of Senate Republican opposition.

Those items included raising the minimum wage, reforming the state's grand jury process and passage of the Dream Act, which would offer college financial aid to children of undocumented immigrants.

Cuomo, in exchange for an endorsement from the left leaning Working Families Party, promised to help reunite the two Democratic factions in order to achieve passage of several progressive issues, including public campaign financing, a women's equality act with an abortion rights provision, and a measure to give college aid to children of undocumented immigrants, known as the Dream Act.