Sentences with phrase «generation immigrants in»

Study 1 focused on the influence of collectivistic cultural values among first - and second - generation immigrants in the United Kingdom, but did not take into account the role of acculturation beyond assessing generational status.

Both first - and second - generation immigrants in British Columbia and Ontario outperformed their non-immigrant counterparts in science literacy, in the 2015 Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development Programme for International Student Assessment.

However, there are always great challenges that come with being a first generation immigrant in any country.

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First - generation immigrants or their children had founder roles in more than 40 % of the Fortune 500, including such marquee companies as AT&T (No. 11), Procter & Gamble (No. 31), Goldman Sachs (No. 74), Pfizer (No. 51), eBay (No. 180), Google (No. 46), Intel (No. 53), Kraft (No. 156), Cigna (No. 97), and Kohl's (No. 151).

Over two - thirds of the millennial population in Toronto and Vancouver are first or second - generation immigrants, and 39 % are Asian.

As the «Czar of Cars» discusses on CNBC's «Blue Collar Millionaires,» Gill grew up in Fresno, Calif. working in a first - generation Indian family of immigrant farm workers.

The second - generation Chinese and immigrants who have recently established themselves in Canada form the main group that is feeding this... Continuar a Ler >

Theresia is a first generation immigrant and a passionate supporter of educational causes that support immigration and diversity in STEM.

The state, and the republican school in particular, must play its role in transmitting this inheritance to each new generation and to immigrants by assuring mastery of French language, literature, and history, and socializing students into the French way of life.

My parents and in - laws are children of the second - generation; born in America and raised in the last years of the depression, they inherited the immigrant's unconditional passion for the new country, and happily melted into the pot» Americanizing their own names and Christening their children John instead of Gianni; Mary instead of Maria.

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.

Video number 4 from the Jet Set Vision Trip in Taiwan all goes down during a cab ride through Taipei as Ray Chang and I talk about how second generation immigrant churches in America can be involved in God's global mission.

I was born in Chicago and I'm fourth - generation American, but still I will receive these questions that my friend, a recent immigrant from Poland, never will receive.

OldGoat... you obviously don't realize that ALL immigrant groups tend to look like they're from the old country until 2 or 3 generations have been born in the U.S. Right now, we are seeing in America a predominantly immigrant Muslim generation.

(2) This unwillingness to create the future in the most elemental sense, by creating new generations, is at the root of many of Europe's problems, including its difficulties assimilating immigrants and its fiscal distress.

Our nation has assimilated into the mainstream of American life generations of immigrants» many fleeing poverty and oppression in their native lands.

I grew up in a Lutheran church, and much of who I am can be traced back to those second - and third - generation Norwegian, Swedish, Danish and German immigrants who left...

So she conducted her research at two sites, one of them a more or less typical second - generation congregation (which she calls «Grace») that meets in the same building as its parent Korean immigrant congregation, and the other («Manna») a predominantly Asian American but remarkably multiethnic congregation that meets in a building owned by an African - American congregation.

The first Windrush generation of Caribbean immigrants to the UK in the late 40s and 50s brought their Christian faith with them.

For Sachs, Bangladeshi workers are akin to the immigrants who once worked on New York's Lower East Side, «where their migration to toil in garment factories was a step on the path to a future of urban affluence in succeeding generations.»

Catholic schools have kept generations of immigrant children in the bosom of the Church while helping to lift them to economic success.

Our nation has assimilated into the mainstream of American life generations of immigrants — many fleeing poverty and oppression in their native lands.

Leon said that, with God's blessing, we can see that all of us - «whether brown, black or white, male or female, first generation immigrant American or Daughter of the American Revolution, gay or straight, rich or poor» - are made in God's image.

Certainly Jews must appreciate how crucial was the role played by the synagogue in giving the immigrant generation the values that permitted it to take an honorable place in the United States.

As immigrants and subsequent generations born in America become a larger segment of the population, they have worked hard to become part of the melting pot while also holding onto the aspects of their cultural heritage they hold dear.

As second - generation immigrants grow up in the United States and attend American schools, they turn to American brands to serve their grocery and other retail needs.

North Beach in San Francisco saw the opening of the Caffe Trieste in 1957, which saw Beat Generation poets such as Allen Ginsberg and Bob Kaufman alongside bemused Italian immigrants.

On a clear day it is possible to see the outline of Ireland from the shores of the Clyde estuary, and Irish immigrants had been entering Scotland by the boatload for generations before the two clubs were formed, Rangers in 1873 and Celtic in 1888.

You'd think that in my genetic makeup, with so many family members that are direct immigrants or only one generation removed from that, I'd be around 25 percent of each ethnicity.

1) rickets from vitamin D deficiency causing pelvic deformity 2) unskilled help during birth (most trained midwives stayed in the «Old Country» and weren't among the immigrants in our great - grandparents generation).

To date, it remains unclear whether the expectations of female clients are better met in birth centers than in hospital or home births and if the offered birth care connects to the needs of different social groups, such as non-Dutch women, including first, second and third generation immigrants [6, 8, 17].

Furthermore, even prior to the onset of the current refugee crisis, the tendency to view or label immigrants in ethnic or religious terms has led to a «culturalizing» of social problems, not to mention the fact that a sense of discrimination and alienation can push refugees and second and third - generation European Muslims down the very path of radicalisation that Western societies are attempting to combat.

The seeds of the current crisis were sown generations ago in the failure of politicians and intellectuals to address the legacy of the British Empire and to speak positively about the contribution that immigrants make to the country.

Lets be honest you can be a second or third generation Asian in the UK and still be seen as an Immigrant, when I was in the Labour party and we spoke about immigration you would always hear the same crap about ah yes they may be born here but they all support the Pakistan cricket team.

«There are few countries in the world where you can go, in one generation, from immigrant to parliamentarian.

The first generation of immigrants, those that arrive, most of the time are just grateful to be alive, maybe not in the conditions, they had hoped for but also in no position to be attacking the very fabric of the society in which they have been received.

So, in countries including Japan and Germany, one can be a second or third generation immigrant and still be denied citizenship.

There was his burning passion, the quality that pushed Cuomo from his first - generation Italian immigrants parents» grocery store in Queens to law school to mediating an ugly dispute over low - income housing.

Tea party supporters at a rally in Massapequa roared their approval yesterday as Rick Lazio bashed big government, high taxes and praised immigrants from earlier generations.

«In the process, we have created a county that works for all of its residents, from a newborn born to immigrant parents on the West Side of Buffalo to the fourth generation of family farmer nearing retirement in Marilla.&raquIn the process, we have created a county that works for all of its residents, from a newborn born to immigrant parents on the West Side of Buffalo to the fourth generation of family farmer nearing retirement in Marilla.&raquin Marilla.»

Expect to Hear More About: Young Kim's story: A first - generation Korean American immigrant, Kim has raised nearly a half - million dollars from her network of supporters in Orange County.

Some longtime acquaintances of the Mengs in Flushing, many of them members of Mr. Meng's generation of Chinese - American immigrants, say they believe that Mr. Meng still wields influence over his daughter and clout as a fund - raising dynamo.

Kim, a first - generation Korean - American immigrant, earned the highest vote percentage of any GOP legislative challenger in the June 3rd primary, garnering 55 percent of the vote in the Democratic district.

And he will be meeting with other first - and second - generation elected officials from Arizona and California tonight and tomorrow in Washington, D.C. to talk about the bill and other issues pertaining to the immigrant experience.

«In America, it's been said that immigrant languages don't survive more than two generations,» Blevins notes.

In this sample, 92 were first - generation immigrants; the rest were second - generation American - born, with the majority (105 participants) identifying Pakistan as their heritage country.

In time, some of the young immigrants will contribute their DNA to the next generation of Germans, re-enacting on a small scale the process of migration and assimilation that once played out repeatedly on this same land — and far beyond.

«These findings suggest family and community factors at play that help children in immigrant families buffer the effects of adverse childhood experiences, and that whatever these resiliency factors are, we should work towards protecting and extending them to subsequent nonimmigrant generations,» says

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In a new longitudinal study, first - generation immigrant children who took part in a community - based intervention had higher scores on math and reading tests than their first - generation immigrant peers who did not participate in the prograIn a new longitudinal study, first - generation immigrant children who took part in a community - based intervention had higher scores on math and reading tests than their first - generation immigrant peers who did not participate in the prograin a community - based intervention had higher scores on math and reading tests than their first - generation immigrant peers who did not participate in the prograin the program.