Sentences with phrase «civil immigration»
"Civil immigration" refers to the laws and regulations that deal with people who are moving to another country to live and work. It is the branch of the law that focuses on how governments manage immigration, such as issuing visas, determining eligibility for residency, and enforcing immigration rules. Full definition
«They're trying to threaten and bully us into having our local police departments to become the tools of enforcement of federal, civil immigration law,» the mayor said.
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A measure to help ensure access to justice and due process for those charged with civil immigration violations.
New Paltz police can respond to a «civil immigration detainer» from federal authorities for up to 48 hours if the request is accompanied by a judicial warrant.
«Commissioner O'Neill has been very clear that N.Y.P.D. does not do civil immigration enforcement,» Mr. Byrne said, but he added that the commissioner was equally clear in saying, «If you commit a crime, we're going to find you.»
Under the legislation, to be introduced next week by the City Council speaker, Melissa Mark - Viverito, the Correction Department would be prohibited from using resources to help enforce civil immigration laws «unless it is in furtherance of honoring a valid detainer request,» according to Ms. Mark - Viverito's office.
From the 10 - K: «On October 22, 2014, former civil immigration detainees at the Aurora Immigration Detention Center filed a class action lawsuit against the Company in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado (the «Court»).
On March 15, 2018, the Committee for Public Counsel Services (CPCS) Immigration Impact Unit, the Lawyers» Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice (LCCR) and Greater Boston Legal Services filed a petition in the Commonwealth's highest court, seeking a «writ of protection» to prevent federal immigration officials (ICE) from arresting individuals on civil immigration matters while they attend to court business.
Ms. Mark - Viverito argued it is «unfair and it is un-American» to hold people for a civil immigration detainer without a warrant or a showing of probable cause that a crime has been committed.