by Adeline Sire A New York City Council hearing reviewed a proposal that would
give legal immigrants the right to vote.
Not exact matches
The order is likely to grant
legal status to nearly half of the estimated 11 million undocumented
immigrants living in the U.S.,
giving many access for the first time to legitimate work visas, or protection from deportation.
In late 2014, President Obama signed an executive order that would
give legal status to approximately 11 million undocumented
immigrants who reside in the U.S. Texas and 25 other states immediately sued to overturn the order.
The latter were
given a general amnesty in 2005, making them
legal residents and benefiting around 700,000
immigrants, mainly from Latin America, Eastern Europe, and Africa.
Mr. Trump's campaign said he had raised more than $ 5 million on the last day of August, when he visited Mexico and later
gave a fiery campaign speech in Arizona renewing his call to deny
legal status to any of the millions of
immigrants now living in the United States illegally.
«The
legal guidance and model policies my office released today
give local governments the tools they need to protect
immigrant communities from any over-reach by federal agencies.
The Democratic dust - up is occurring because President Trump canceled an Obama - era program aimed at
giving upwards of 800,000 young
immigrants temporary
legal protection.
Immigrant advocates called Wednesday for Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan's support of a budget proposal that would
give access to college financial aid to young
immigrants without
legal status.
Fragomen disputes that it told its clients «whom to hire or not to hire,» but instead, merely
gave «critical
legal advice» about the process for hiring
immigrants.
Given B, would it then be
legal for a restaurant, for example, to refuse to serve an undocumented
immigrant?
The program was designed to provide detained
immigrants of their rights and
give non-detained undocumented
immigrants legal advice from a help desk.
The
Immigrant Legal Resource Center has posted a fact sheet about DACA and the decision to rescind it, which
gives a good overview of the situation for non-immigration counsel and can also be provided directly to your clients who are affected by or have questions about the DACA rescission.