Sentences with phrase «for young immigrants»

That availability will be a big drawing point for young immigrants from China whom we need to attract here.

DACA»S FOURTH ANNIVERSARY: The Obama administration, members of Congress and advocates this week celebrated the fourth anniversary of President Barack Obama's announcement of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, a two - year temporary residency [http://politico.pro/1UzUuNQ] for young immigrants who come into the U.S. before age 15.

NYC Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito and three members of Congress were arrested protesting outside Trump Tower for protections for young immigrants threatened by an order from the president.

The Schumer - McConnell budget deal separated the Dreamer issue from the budget process, leading to anger among advocates for those young immigrants.

Sen. Bernie Sanders said if Congress fails to come up with a solution for the young immigrants known as «Dreamers» deporting them would be «one of the ugliest stains» in US history.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has ended an eight - hour speech aimed at forcing a House vote on protections for young immigrants known as «Dreamers.»

Angry opposition to the bipartisan budget deal struck in the U.S. Senate from the Republicans» most ardent conservatives, coupled with Democratic dissenters dismayed that the deal does nothing for young immigrants, was creating fresh tension as the clock ticks toward a midnight shutdown.

As CT reported last month, when several Trump faith advisers met with Nancy Pelosi, evangelicals are mostly eager to find a solution for the young immigrants once protected from deportation through the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program:

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his wife, MacKennzie, have donated $ 33 million to a college scholarship program for young immigrants brought to the country illegally as children.

Not exact matches

The new judging criteria for the federal skilled worker program will award more points to younger immigrants and changes the way the government looks at work experience and education.

Agencies also provide a crucial stepping stone into the job market for groups that tend to have trouble finding their first jobs, such as young workers and new immigrants.

On Jan. 10, he offered to support a Democratic goal — providing legal status to some 800,000 young, undocumented immigrants under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program — in exchange for money for the wall as part of down - to - the - wire negotiations for a short - term budget.

In a tweet Friday morning, Trump said he was «considering a VETO» because the proposal did not extend protections for hundreds of thousands of young undocumented immigrants or fully fund his proposed border wall.

That said, I was glad to hear President Trump say he's going to «work something out» for Dreamers — immigrants who were brought to this country at a young age by their parents.

President Donald Trump and lawmakers have been at loggerheads for months over the fate of young unauthorized immigrants known as «Dreamers,» who are temporarily protected from deportation under the Obama - era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

Ms. Powell Jobs has become a leader in pushing for decade - old legislation known as the Dream Act, a measure that would provide legal status for immigrants who arrived in the country as young children.

Last month, Ms. Powell Jobs and Mr. Guggenheim traveled to Washington with several young immigrants and their families who were featured in the film; the purpose of the trip was to screen the documentary for a group of lawmakers on Capitol Hill.

Pressing the issue further, Ms. Pelosi and the next two highest - ranking House Democrats sent a letter to Mr. Ryan noting their desire for the government to remain open and imploring him to make a public statement about the scheduling of a vote on legislation to protect young undocumented immigrants who are now shielded from deportation by the Obama - era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA.

A large Democratic donor, Powell Jobs is lambasting the Trump administration for rescinding the DACA program that protected young immigrants who arrived in the United States without proper papers.

Younger than both of them — he is 48 against 61 for Immelt and Whitman — Khosrowshahi is an Iranian immigrant whose family fled to the US in 1978, shortly before the Iranian Revolution deposed the US - backed Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, and an Islamic republic was declared in 1979.

Young people and immigrants, for example, often find the process of getting their first credit card or loan frustrating.

President Trump is strongly considering a plan that would end the Obama - era program that shields young undocumented immigrants from deportation, but only after giving Congress six months to come up with a potential replacement for the popular initiative, according to three administration officials briefed on the discussions.

He said today that Apple will do «everything we can» to encourage Congress to make the bipartisan Dream Act — legislation that would offer a path to citizenship for hundreds of thousands of young unauthorized immigrants brought to the U.S. as children if they graduated from high school or obtained a GED — permanent.

President Trump will support a path to citizenship for 1.8 million young immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children, in exchange for a $ 25 billion fund for the border wall and other immigration cuts.

A District of Columbia federal judge has delivered the toughest blow yet to Trump administration efforts to end deportation protections for young undocumented immigrants, ordering the government to continue the Obama - era program and - for the first time...

But there was no resolution for Dreamers, the young immigrants who have been living in the United States illegally since childhood, but whose deportation protections are being challenged in court after Trump tried to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi commandeered the House floor Wednesday for a day - into - night marathon plea to Republicans for action on immigration, casting the fate of young undocumented immigrants in moral terms.

When President Donald Trump announced the end of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in September, he said he was giving Congress six months to find a legislative solution that would allow the 690,000 young unauthorized immigrants currently protected from deportation under DACA to stay in the country legally.

For Antonina's generation of early Twentieth - Century immigrants, the freedom of America's press offered solid evidence that their faith in the young country's promise and opportunity was well - founded.

This style of living emerged in the mid-nineteenth century and offered men who were dislocated from family — usually immigrants or young workmen looking for opportunities in a new city — a supportive environment with more than just a room and bed.

This week, the Evangelical Immigration Table launched a new prayer campaign for dreamers — young immigrants now facing deportation because the Trump administration has ended the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)...

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.

CNN: White House receives political cover on immigration from religious groups President Barack Obama is receiving political cover for his decision to stop deporting some young illegal immigrants from two big groups with whom his relations have been rocky: evangelical Christians and Catholics.

The idea for the show occurred when original producer Norman Lear was first approached by a young associate who asked if he'd be interested in a Latino reinvigoration of the show with the immigrant American experience.

Washington (CNN)-- President Barack Obama is receiving political cover for his decision to stop deporting some young illegal immigrants from two big groups with whom his relations have been rocky: evangelical Christians and Catholics.

The year before BFW persuaded Congress to make food stamps available to 270,000 young, disabled and elderly immigrants who, for no good reason, were among almost 1 million legal immigrants who lost food stamps as a result of the dramatic «96 changes in the welfare laws.

Sobbing for the thousands of hate crimes committed against immigrants, women, Muslims, and people of color since Trump was elected; for the inevitable incursions into women's rights; for the mass deportation of Latino immigrants; for the likely return of a «law & order» police state that penalizes men simply for having black or brown skin; and, for the fact that young girls may be indoctrinated to think that their worth is determined solely by their looks.

Emil Grobbel was a young German immigrant who had only been in the United States for one year before he opened a stall in Michigan's Cadillac Square Market and called himself a «purveyor of fine meats,» offering a variety of items from ham to veal to beef.

This movement was dedicated to making life easier for children and youth (i.e. Young Carers) who provided care for family members with chronic conditions, substance abuse issues, mental health issues, and / or provided translation services for immigrant and refugee parents.

Trump will extend a March 5 deadline to end protections for young undocumented immigrants if Congress fails to act by then, according to a Republican senator who spoke directly with the president about the issue.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo warned congressional Democrats who are negotiating with President Donald Trump on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, to «exercise extreme caution,» criticizing the potential deal to prevent the deportation of doe 800,000 young immigrants as not going far enough.

This was revealed in The New Yorker's story on Caroline, a young African immigrant without papers who was applying for asylum in the United States.

Their antipathy to «Big Government» entails reluctance to pay taxes for the «undeserving», «welfare queens», which include the young, immigrants and lower income earners.

In a wide - ranging interview with the AP, Trump said young immigrants brought to the U.S. as children and now here illegally can «rest easy,» telling the so - called «dreamers» they will not be targets for deportation under his immigration policies.

A group of senators reached a bipartisan agreement aimed at balancing Democrats» fight to offer citizenship to young «Dreamer» immigrants with Trump's demands for billions to build his coveted border wall with Mexico, lawmakers said.

The White House presented Congress with an expansive list of hard - line immigration measures, including an $ 18 billion request to build a wall at the Mexican border, that President Trump is demanding in exchange for protecting young undocumented immigrants.

White House officials reportedly have told key GOP leaders on Capitol Hill that President Donald Trump is open to striking a deal that would protect young immigrants from deportation in exchange for border wall funding as part of an upcoming spending bill.

The U.S. Supreme Court refused to bypass the federal circuit courts in the legal dispute over the Trump administration's cancellation of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, meaning that young immigrants known as Dreamers will be able to continue renewing their legal protections from deportation, at least for the time being.

«The challenge for us is to set the record straight regarding Senator Sanders, which I think is something that young people should be concerned about, the fact that their parents and their relatives, especially Latinos and immigrants, have been impacted by the lack of commitment coming out of Senator Sanders throughout the years,» Velázquez said.

For 16 years, advocates for legalizing young immigrants brought here illegally by their parents have tried — and failed — to pass the DREAM Act, legislation to shield them from deportatiFor 16 years, advocates for legalizing young immigrants brought here illegally by their parents have tried — and failed — to pass the DREAM Act, legislation to shield them from deportatifor legalizing young immigrants brought here illegally by their parents have tried — and failed — to pass the DREAM Act, legislation to shield them from deportation.