Sentences with phrase «for undocumented people»
The artist's new work tackles Donny Trump's favorite issue: immigration and the realities of life for undocumented people in the U.S. — from the conditions of their arrival to their failed and fulfilled expectations of «The American Dream.»
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The day DACA was rescinded, I led my department in a rally urging our congressperson to push for legislation that would provide a permanent solution for undocumented people.
Two weeks later, she clarified her position, issuing a statement that said: «As president, I will not support driver's licenses for undocumented people,» adding that she would push for broader immigration reform.
Brown also signed 10 other immigration - related bills that limit the growth of detention centers, expand education services for immigrants, and extend tenant and workplace protections for undocumented people.
Business organizations like the Chamber of Commerce have called for immigration reform, saying immigrants are good for the economy while advocating a tough but «fair process for undocumented people who are living in our country today to earn a legal status.»
Not exact matches
Between the wall on the U.S. - Mexico border and the status of the undocumented young people who were brought to the country as children (known as Dreamers), immigration has been a major policy issue for the Trump administration.
That program, instituted under President Obama, makes certain undocumented people who came to the U.S. before the age of 16 low - level priorities for deportation while also granting them legal, three - year work permits.
People who are underage (under 18 for rifles and shotguns, and under 21 for other guns), someone convicted or indicted for a crime punishable by imprisonment of more than one year, fugitives from justice, the severely mentally ill, unlawful users of controlled substances, those convicted of domestic violence, and undocumented immigrants are among some of the categories of people barred from buying a firearm by federaPeople who are underage (under 18 for rifles and shotguns, and under 21 for other guns), someone convicted or indicted for a crime punishable by imprisonment of more than one year, fugitives from justice, the severely mentally ill, unlawful users of controlled substances, those convicted of domestic violence, and undocumented immigrants are among some of the categories of people barred from buying a firearm by federapeople barred from buying a firearm by federal law.
The idea was to make it easy for people who lost their documents in the storm to get work — but in effect, the law also allowed companies to hire undocumented workers who didn't have papers at all.
In Denver, Arnie Carter assisted the First Unitarian Church in providing asylum for two undocumented immigrants, and he says local police have been surprisingly supportive, especially after one of the people taking sanctuary in the church started receiving threats online.
Comprehensive reform would provide documentation for most of the 11 million undocumented people currently in the U.S.. From an economic standpoint, this seems to make sense, given employment standing at 95 percent.
The Senate bill is more consistent with the critical principles of uniting families, protecting human rights and worker rights, bringing undocumented people out of the shadows and providing a path to permanence for newcomers.
Attendees to the lunch said Trump verbalized being willing to compromise on legal status for millions of undocumented people if Democrats were willing to work with him, but did not give any specific details.
What I am prepared to do is to go to Albany to fight for the DREAM Act, fight for licenses for the undocumented, fight for the people in my district and the state of New York.»
Those actions followed executive orders Trump signed that expanded the number of undocumented immigrants targeted for deportation, allowing ICE to arrest any person without paperwork accused of any crime, even if not convicted or charged with a minor or nonviolent offense.
Schneiderman has sued Trump over his executive orders barring entry to people from Muslim - majority countries, his attempts to repeal former President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act and his decision to terminate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program for undocumented youth brought to the United States in their early childhood, among other issues.
Public Advocate Letitia James spent her morning advocating for one person in particular in court today — a 16 - year - old undocumented immigrant who fled gang violence in Honduras.
«Access to drivers licenses for undocumented workers and raising the welfare grant above the poverty line are policies that all working people should support because most of us will need public support at some point in our lives,» said Hawkins.
The city does not make a note of whether a person who applies for the ID cards is an undocumented immigrant or not.
Steve Choi, president of the New York Immigration Coalition, a prominent immigrant advocacy group that has hosted a number of actions in response to Trump's immigration policies such as the executive orders targeting people from Muslim - majority countries, said that as a state legislator, Schneiderman was an early supporter of driver's licenses for undocumented immigrants.
Elected officials, activists, advocates and university students have a number of actions planned for this week to decry the president's policy dictates targeting Muslims and undocumented immigrants, as well as to provide support and guidance to impacted people.
He has vowed to take legal action to protect the city's status as a so - called «sanctuary city» for undocumented immigrants and Trump's executive orders barring entry to people from Muslim - majority countries.
Pre-Campaign Community Service / Activism: Worked extensively with Family of Woodstock, Rip Van Winkle Council of Boy Scouts of America, establishing Ulster County Habitat for Humanity, Ralph Darmstadt Homeless Shelter, Ulster County Board of Health and Ulster County Human Rights Commission, Caring Hands Soup Kitchen Board Member, Midtown Rising Board Member, Teacher at Woodbourne Prison, part of Rising Hope Program Platform At a Glance Economy: Supports farming subsidies, job creation through infrastructure investments in rural broadband and sustainable technology, in favor of strong unions Healthcare: Medicare for All Women's Rights: Pro-choice, supports fully funding Planned Parenthood, birth control to be paid for employer, supports equal pay for equal work Racial Justice: Will work to prevent discrimination of all kind Immigration: Supports comprehensive immigration reform that includes path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants Foreign Policy: Supports increased pressure on North Korea but not military intervention Environment: Supports measures to stall climate change and create green jobs LGBTQ: Supports anti-discrimination of all people Gun Control: Will not take NRA money, supports common sense gun control and against Faso's vote to allow the mentally disabled to obtain firearms
Hawkins and the Green Party would protect and strengthen the rights of undocumented people, including passage of the Dream Act to increase educational opportunities for undocumented youth, drivers licenses for the undocumented, and prohibiting state employees from inquiring about a person's immigration status in the course of performing their duties.
Last night, the organizer for the New Sanctuary Coalition of NYC — an interfaith organization that assists undocumented people fighting detention and deportation — asserted Immigration and Customs Enforcement picked Staten Island for raids it conducted last month because of the borough's conservative, pro-President Donald Trump inclinations.
That agenda has included temporarily - blocked executive orders barring entry to people from Muslim - majority countries and withholding funding to so - called «sanctuary cities» for undocumented immigrants, a proposal to build a wall along the Mexican border, expanding immigration detention and apprehension of wanted foreign nationals in and outside civil and criminal courtrooms.
President Barack Obama praised a federal memo released Friday that is set to give undocumented young people in Queens hope for a normal life, but drew cautious optimism from the borough and criticism from the county's only Republican congressman.
Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito and Mayor Bill de Blasio launched the program to provide identification for people for whom it is difficult to get identification such as undocumented immigrants, the formerly incarcerated and transgender individuals.
The program has been the focus of an ongoing lawsuit, as two Republican Assembly members from Staten Island are contesting the city's plan to destroy documents obtained from people who apply for the program in an effort to protect undocumented immigrants.
De Blasio also took the opportunity to encourage people to sign up for IDNYC, a municipal ID program that is available to all city residents including undocumented immigrants, and told the crowd to learn more about Get Covered NYC, an effort to enroll more New Yorkers in Obamacare.
«Today we are deeply disappointed, but we renew our commitment to fighting for respect and dignity for all 11 million undocumented people in this country,» Valdés said.
It's only in the last 40 years or so that conservation has really become a professional discipline where people are scrupulous about keeping track of all of the restorations there being done to objects of art, whereas art has been restored basically for the entire period of time that art has been made, and so we find so many undocumented, unexpected materials on an object of art.
Legalising these undocumented people boosts the economy and creates more jobs for migrants and locals alike.
Labor trafficking — or recruiting a person for labor through force, fraud, or coercion for involuntary servitude, debt bondage, or even slavery — has been a difficult problem to track among undocumented migrant workers.
What appears to be the message is meant for those who see undocumented laborers as a scourge that people can take up arms and shoot when the government is lax.
While nearly every American family struggles to pay for college, undocumented young people have an even tougher time without the same access to financial aid.
College Leaders Urge Trump, Others to Protect Undocumented Students The Boston Globe, 11/22/16)» «People are taking [Trump] at his word and so preparing for the worst,» said Roberto Gonzales, an assistant professor at Harvard Graduate School of Education who specializes in the education of immigrants and Latino students.»
«For us, it's about putting stories and putting correct information out so that people get a better, more nuanced, fuller picture of who undocumented Americans are,» says Willemsen, Ed.M.»
It wasn't until the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program — which, as of 2012, allows undocumented young people who meet specific guidelines to be considered for deferred action — that their futures began to change.
A pivotal piece of the equation: Get to know your students well, and develop strong relationships, says Roberto Gonzales, who has studied the experiences of undocumented young people for years.
The decision will expand adult education seats in the state to an additional 16,000 of those eligible for DACA — undocumented young people who came to the U.S. as children.
President Obama's 2012 administrative action — the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program — represents an acknowledgement that the current status quo on immigration policy is having particularly disastrous effects on young people who have grown up in the U.S. but due to their undocumented status and to the inability of Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform, experience turbulent transitions to adulthood rife with legal barriers and exclusions.
If a student discloses his or her status and asks for advice, you don't have to have all the answers right away, says Gonzales, who spent 12 years chronicling the experiences of undocumented young people for his book Lives in Limbo.
Together, they have recently released VICE to ICE, a compendium of resources for organizing with people whose lives are at the intersection of LGBTQ identity and undocumented status.
Community Engagement Fellowship (BAY AREA ONLY): Expand your knowledge about educational access and topics affecting undocumented young people while supporting high schools develop and implement sustainable support systems for undocumented students.
A distinctive, thoughtful, and empathetic view of life as an undocumented young person, this will make an excellent starting point for classroom discussions.
It's caused lenders to be more diligent with their lending practices and people with bad credit or undocumented incomes are finding it harder to qualify for home loans that were readily available to them at this time last year.
Ms. Snow, who herself lived in the U.S. illegally for several years, invites the participation of undocumented people to discuss their own experiences.
For example, his name appears in Celeste Dupuy - Spencer's drawing Trump Rally (And some of them I assume are good people)(2016), and Postcommodity's four - channel video installation, A Very Long Line (2016), makes palpable the experience of undocumented immigrants blocked by endless fences on the Mexican border, reminding viewers of Trump's pledge to build a wall there.3
After law school, he worked as a volunteer attorney for the Marin County Public Defender's Office where gained extensive courtroom experience helping indigent people facing jail - time as well as helping undocumented clients avoid immigration consequences in a county that cooperated with ICE.