Sentences with phrase «immigrant advocates»

Nothing is ready yet, but she hopes to eventually develop better information or even a toolkit for immigrant advocates.

At 4:30 p.m., the New York Immigration Coalition holds a march and rally with immigrant advocates and Dreamers about the DACA phaseout, corner of 39th Avenue and 138th Street, Queens.

Chin, a community organizer and immigrant advocate who speaks three Chinese dialects, is expected to become the first Chinese - American to represent Chinatown in city council.

Immigrant advocates called for Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan's support of the DREAM Act, a proposal included in Cuomo's executive budget that would give access to college financial aid to young immigrants without legal status.

Immigrant advocates say some 100,000 people lost their licenses as a result, and were thrust back into the shadows, making everything from getting to work to getting access to health care more difficult.

Advocacy for Immigrants We advocated on behalf of low - income immigrants in 100 + matters in 2016, and helped many more in legal clinics.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, flanked by immigrant advocates, announces a lawsuit he and other states have failed against President Trump over his decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

Marcy Suárez, 20, of Brentwood, right, joins other immigrant advocates at a news conference at Touro Law School in Central Islip on Wednesday, March 9, 2016, to call on Republicans in the state legislature to support the Dream Act in the state's budget.

June 3, 2016 — Immigrant Advocates Work -LSB-...]

In June, Gov. Andrew Cuomo heeded the calls of immigrant advocates and law enforcement officials and suspended New York's participation in S - Comm, although he did not completely withdraw from the program.

But Sanders» national director for Latino Outreach, Bill Velazquez, said that's merely a snapshot of a much larger picture, pointing out there was no unanimity among immigrant advocates about whether the ’07 bill was worthwhile.

About 50 detainees were reportedly freed from the Hudson and Bergen county jails, according to immigrant advocate groups.

Locally, New York elected officials and immigrant advocates slammed the DACA reversal, and voiced concern that more than 40,000 people across the state could lose the ability to work and also face deportation.

But immigrant advocates fear that as a stand - alone measure, the Dream Act, which has already passed in the State Assembly, would stand little chance in the Republican - controlled Senate.

Immigrant advocates seeking a show of support from Ogden school officials for undocumented students hold out hope for action.

Newly sworn - in U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is trying to make peace with immigrant advocates, including Bronx Assemblyman Peter Rivera and other Hispanic lawmakers, who believe her immigration stance is too conservative.

Amid growing nervousness among undocumented immigrants, Gomberg was one of four immigrant advocates who asked Ogden School Board members last month to pass a resolution restricting action by federal immigration authorities in local schools.

Immigrant advocates say the people are seeking asylum under international law.

«The core of this is you can't enact public policy based upon a discriminatory animus,» state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, a Democrat, said at John Jay College in Manhattan this morning, flanked by immigrant advocates.

Hours after the Trump administration announced it was rescinding the DACA program, Mayor Bill de Blasio joined with other elected officials, faith leaders and immigrant advocates at City Hall to present a united front in defense of undocumented immigrants — and also denounced the termination decision.

June 3, 2016 — Immigrant Advocates Work to Fight «Notary Fraud» We are excited to see that Northwest Public Radio ran a story featuring one of our annual grantees — Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (NWIRP).

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.

In one win for immigrant advocates, negotiators rejected Trump's plans to hire hundreds of new Border Patrol and immigration enforcement agents.

At noon, to mark the DACA phase - out deadline, immigrant advocates and their allies will rally in front of Rep. John Faso's office in support of a «clean» DREAM Act, 721 Broadway, Kingston.

Some immigrant advocates expressed concern about how the city would manage the data to maintain privacy.

Immigrant advocates have noted a growing trend of ICE targeting immigrant activists who criticize the immigration system.

It's what elected officials, criminal justice groups and immigrant advocates are calling on New York State's Chief Judge Janet DiFiore...

Leiberman joined public defenders, immigrant advocates and Councilmembers at City Hall on May 11 to call on Mayor Bill de Blasio to drop a proposal in his Executive Budget that would restrict access to legal counsel for immigrants facing deportation who have been convicted of certain crimes.

It's what elected officials, criminal justice groups and immigrant advocates are calling on New York State's Chief Judge Janet DiFiore and the Office of Court Administration (OCA) to do in the face of intensified courthouse raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents that have occurred under the Trump administration.

Shortly after the Trump administration's announcement, immigrant advocates and TPS recipients gathered at the headquarters of the New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC) to criticize the decision and call on Congress to pass legislation to grant permanent protection to TPS recipients.

Mayor Bill de Blasio is facing stiff resistance from City Council members and immigrant advocates who are opposed to how the mayor would like to set up a fund intended to protect the city's immigrants in deportation proceedings, with the deadline for a budget deal inching closer.

The report, written in collaboration with immigrant advocates and community groups throughout the city, shows that many immigrant parents remain shut out of school activities and leadership opportunities despite the New York City Department of Education's (DOE's) recent efforts to increase parent involvement in schools.