Sentences with phrase «children at immigration»
The detention of children at immigration centres is distressing and harmful, according to the children's commission.
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Although compassionate in its intent to allow those who came to the United States unlawfully as children and through no fault of their own to begin the process of integrating legally into United States society, it contributes to the current crisis at the border by further signaling United States policy not to enforce its immigration laws against low priority targets.
Children addressing their immigration claims on their own are at a particular disadvantage as the laws, processes and systems governing their circumstances are profoundly complex.
Asylum at heartWe were encouraged that, on the first few days of a new government, the prime minister and his deputy declared they would end child detention for immigration purposes.
Meanwhile discussions elsewhere reached consensus on disability rights, taking competition out of the NHS, tribunal fees, legal aid, zero - hours and short - hours contracts, agency workers, immigration, local government funding, housing, the Middle East, the minimum wage, the living wage, Royal Mail, the railways, science and technology, mental health, fracking, animal welfare, Lords reform, reducing smoking and consumption of alcohol, fats and sugar, reaffirming all - women shortlists, youth services, careers advice, sexual and relationship education, and even the 11 - plus (recognising that selection at age 11 damaged education for all children, but stopping short of abolishing existing grammar schools).
At 9 a.m., NYC Public Advocate Tish James attends a Federal Immigration Court migrant children screening, 26 Federal Plaza, Manhattan.
The government has already been accused of deserting its promise to end the detention of children in immigration centres — a change that would have signaled one of the Lib Dem's few influences on policy and demonstrated that the government was at last sympathetic to the cause of asylum seekers.
When Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner sent a letter to President Obama offering to host undocumented Latin American children at a former convent, a spirited version of the immigration debate erupted in the area.
«Some of the practices employed at the Dungavel detention centre in Scotland, including the detention of children, have been absolutely shameful and show why we need a new direction when it comes to asylum and immigration policy.»
Speaking at Prime Minister's Questions, she responded angrily to being quoted by Mrs May in relation to the cases of the Windrush children — some of whom lost out on jobs, healthcare and housing after being unable to prove their immigration status to the Home Office.
Ms. Mark - Viverito, a native of Puerto Rico who has built a broader profile in part by focusing on immigration reform issues nationwide and in the city, said the policy would target women and children who were fleeing «horrific violence» at home.
«We need more immigration judges, we need more immigration personnel at the border so that we can swiftly resolve these cases before children find their way to detention facilities and to other facilities as far away as New York.»
«Given these demonstrated rehabilitative efforts, I urge federal immigration officials to once again grant Mr. Walters relief from deportation, so that he is not separated from his many family members who are United States citizens, including his two teenage children,» Paterson said at the time.
As the federal government seeks a place to shelter children detained at the border as they await appearances in immigration court, some have been brought to New York to be placed in the care of relatives or sponsors here, according to The New York Times.
After all, according to the next Tory Leader, George «Children Don't Need Fathers» Osborne, mentioning immigration (at least to the lower orders, who are most affected by it) is «dog - whistle politics», and any party that does it is «the nasty party».
An illegal war Uncontrolled immigration # billions leaking every year via new quangos Students (in England) now have to mortgage their futures to get to University 24 hour binge drinking breakdown of the family vast increase in licensed gambling External debt quadrupled to $ 11 Trillion making us the second largest debtor nation in the world after the USA at $ 12 Trillion (we may overtake them later this year) Pension funds pillaged for # 5Bn a year Gold reserves sold for a pittance Children leaving school unable to read or write NHS a basket case - 1 in 10 leave hospital sicker than when they went in.
Following the exploits of the Paris police department's «child protection unit,» Polisse (which screened early on) helped to establish this year's Croisette - spanning theme of children in peril, which could be found to varying extents in fellow Competition entries Michael (kidnapping and pedophilia), Lynne Ramsay's We Need to Talk About Kevin (teenage sociopathy), Aki Kaurismäki's universally admired Le Havre (illegal immigration), and the Dardenne Brothers» Grand Jury Prize co-winner The Kid with a Bike (child abandonment); in the Directors» Fortnight entry Play (bullying); and in just about every film at the 50th - anniversary edition of the Critics» Week, from French actress - director Valérie Donzelli's opening - night Declaration of War (pediatric cancer) to Israeli actress - director Hagar Ben Asher's The Slut (pedophilia again), the fact - based 17 Girls (teen pregnancy), and the profoundly disturbing Snowtown, which recalled Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer in its verité sketch of Australian serial killer John Bunting, who lured local youths into aiding and abetting his violent crimes throughout the Nineties.
«Children Of Men» For a film which is, ostensibly at least, science fiction (it creates one of the most coherent, fascinating futuristic dystopias ever seen on screen), «Children of Men» sums up our War - on - Terror, immigration - panic era better than any contemporary drama could.
At the Askwith Forum, «Learning to be a Citizen: Civic Education and Immigration in the U.S.,» on Tuesday, March 14, participants discussed the political socialization of immigrant children, the expansion of opportunities, and how much priority should be put on civic education.
Louie told the audience, estimated at 200, that for nearly 50 years America has focused on how to reduce immigration and bilingualism issues, but hasn't considered who immigrants are, why they are here, what their lives are like, and how it affects children.
Congress should enact legislation giving more teeth to existing federal guidelines aimed at ensuring that children's needs are considered when their parents are arrested in raids by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, a California congresswoman said today.
Carola Suárez - Orozco, Irina Todorova, and Josephine Louie, researchers from the Harvard Immigration Project at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, also found that 35 % of immigrant children experienced separation from their fathers for more than five years.
From January to June 2011, Immigration and Customs Enforcement removed 46,486 undocumented parents who claimed to have at least one child who is an American citizen.
In the event of student displacement as a result of an immigration raid, ensure that each child knows what to do and whom to call if there is no adult supervision at home and communicate directly with families to assure them that their children will continue to be safe at school, during off - campus school activities, and on school buses.
In the event of a workplace immigration raid in the district, implement a plan to protect the safety of all immigrant students and brief principals and other school staff about their role in ensuring child well - being, coordinate with churches and community organizations to ensure that each student has adult supervision at home, and assure parents that schools will be a safe haven for their children.
Collect information about all parents» and guardians» employers so that school leaders are able to contact children whose parents are affected at the site of immigration raids or in the case of other emergencies.
Pam Perlich, senior research economist at the University of Utah, says immigration from around the world has changed Utah so that a majority of children here now are members of ethnic minorities, and speak a total of 129 different languages at home.
The artist's audio investigations have been used as evidence at the UK Asylum and Immigration Tribunal and as advocacy for organizations such as Amnesty International and Defence for Children International.
Via this post at the Immigration Prof Blog, I came across this interesting article on the website of the Council on Hemispheric Affairs about the alleged role of Major League Baseball in the exploitation of children in the Dominican Republic.
At a legal service organization, for example, you might assist with a variety of cases ranging from landlord / tenant and immigration issues to child custody and civil rights.
As noted in Baker v. Canada (Minister Citizenship and Immigration), 1999 CanLII 699 (SCC), [1999] 2 S.C.R. 817 at para. 67, «Children's rights, and attention to their interests, are central humanitarian and compassionate values in Canadian society».
However, that decision was based largely on what the court considered best for the children at the time, rather than a decision based on their immigration status in the Cayman Islands.
Additional Resources American Bar Association Commission on Immigration American Immigration Lawyers Association Amnesty International Country Reports Asylum Pro Se Guide — English (Create by students at Stanford Law) Center for Gender and Refugee Studies, University of California, Hastings College of the Law (includes resources for gender law and asylum) Department of Justice Country Conditions Research Detention Watch Network EOIR Virtual Law Library (with BIA precedent decisions) Human Rights Watch, Country Specific Reports Human Rights Watch, Children's Rights Division Immigrant Legal Resource Center Immigration Equality (includes extensive resources for LGBT asylum claims) Immigration and Nationality Act Immigration Regulations (C.F.R. Title 8) National Immigrant Justice Center's Resources for Attorneys Representing Asylum Seekers (includes numerous free training webinars) UNHCR Guidance Report on LGBT Asylum Claims United Nations High Commission on Refugees USCIS Guidance on Adjudicating LGBT Asylum Claims University of Minnesota Human Rights Library / Refugee and Asylum Resources U.S. State Department Country Reports Women on the Run, UNHCR Report (resources for female asylum - seekers) Women's Human Rights Net Yale Law School's Refugee & Asylum Resources (includes several resources for gender - based asylum claims)
«Southwestern's Immigration Law Clinic provides students with a wonderful opportunity to learn lawyering skills and at the same time, offers high - quality legal assistance to some of our most vulnerable children.»
During law school, I worked as an in - house immigration paralegal at Microsoft, juggling the challenges of career, evening law studies, and raising three young children with my heroic wife.
Washington, DC — September 12, 2014 — Today at the AmeriCorps 20th anniversary celebration at the White House, President Obama announced the launch of justice AmeriCorps, which will provide $ 2 million in funding to «increase national service while facilitating the effective and efficient adjudication of immigration proceedings involving certain children who have crossed the border without a parent or legal guardian.»
Further, the Court has also invoked the CRC in recognizing the «importance of being attentive to the rights and best interests of children when decisions are made that relate to and affect their future» (Baker v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [1999] 2 S.C.R. 817, at para. 71).
An underlying question for participants was how much racism, at an institutional level and in the high levels of public support for tough approaches to asylum seekers, has to do with the treatment of children in immigration detention and if it helps in advocacy to raise racism as an issue.
The Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration has published a report looking at the Home Office's handling of unaccompanied asylum seeking children and how...
Staff who are skilled at working with attorneys, the court system, birth parents, Citizenshipand Immigration Services and domestic and international child - placing agencies in order to ensure that children are provided with loving homes
Continuing strong population growth, fueled in part by immigration and new household formation by boomer children, is keeping housing demand at peak levels.