Sentences with phrase «facing deportation even»
The NYC Council moved to force de Blasio to offer city - funded lawyers to immigrants facing deportation even if they're convicted of serious crimes, as it voted to pass a new $ 85.2 billion budget yesterday.
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Any alien convicted of a crime faces mandatory deportation from the United States, even if that alien has lived in the United States.
The speaker and the mayor have also sparred over the budget, with the speaker appearing to blindside the mayor with a last - minute maneuver this week meant to insure that immigrants facing deportation, even those convicted of serious crimes, get access to city - funded lawyers.
Come Back, Africa — The Films of Lionel Rogosin, Volume II (Milestone, Blu - ray, DVD) presents Rogosin's 1959 drama about apartheid, which he shot clandestinely in South Africa under the constant threat of arrest and deportation (his local collaborators faced even worse).
Even qualifying for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals — which gives young immigrants relief from deportation and the opportunity to work legally — they still face an uphill battle, said Roberto Gonzales, assistant professor of education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
«Dreamer» Shares Her Drive with Other Immigrant Students Arizona Daily Star, 8/29/15 «Even qualifying for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals — which gives young immigrants relief from deportation and the opportunity to work legally — they still face an uphill battle, said Roberto Gonzales, assistant professor of education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.»
If you are afraid you might get arrested or if there is a problem with your green card but you are not yet facing deportation, there is even more our criminal and immigration lawyers can do.
«The bar for procedural fairness must be even higher when deportation to face torture is at stake».