Sentences with phrase «immigrant children so»
But we must ensure that ESL classes are increased for immigrant children so they can learn in their native language.
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More recently, he ended an Obama - era program that protected the so - called dreamers - children of immigrants who crossed the border illegally - from deportation.
Yes to a decent refugee policy that provides a home for desperate men, women and children fleeing war: immigrants and refugees helped to build this country, and will continue to do so.
So I hope that as he flies home on September 27, the Holy Father will understand that American Catholics share every ounce of his passion for Christian service and human dignity — beginning with the unborn child, but not ending there; including the poor and the immigrant, but reaching from conception to natural death... and confirming that the «joy of the Gospel» comes from a Gospel of Life.
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.
The so - called «racist vans», which drove around poor, mixed areas of London with some pretty ugly Children of Men - style demands for illegal immigrants to «go home», recently forced Twitter into a spasm of liberal outrage.
We can increase ESL classes throughout the state, hire interpertors so that immigrant parents can easily communicate with their American citizen children's teachers, increase funding for immigration advocacy and citizenship application programs.
He said his wife is an immigrant and that he believes so - called «dreamers,» undocumented immigrants brought to the Unites States as children, should be given citizenship.
That means many of the same issues that were gridlocked in the legislature in the past are likely to remain so, including the Dream Act, which would provide college aid to children of undocumented immigrants, abortion rights measures, and ending the incarceration of 16 - and 17 - year - olds in adult prisons.
That means many of the same issues that were gridlocked in the legislature in the past are likely to remain so, including, the Dream Act, which would provide college aid to children of undocumented immigrants, abortion rights measures, and ending the incarceration of 16 and 17 year olds in adult prisons.
A reflection of his own past and experiences, many of Mr. Mengestu's characters are immigrants or the children of immigrants, often from Africa, as he is; and so an underlying theme is what it means to be American.
Pakistan - born comedian Kumail Nanjiani joined Kenyan - born Lupita Nyong» o to salute the so - called Dreamers — immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children and here without permanent protection from deportation.
«To all the dreamers out there, we stand with you,» said screenplay nominee and Pakistani American Kumail Nanjiani («The Big Sick»), a not - so - veiled gesture of solidarity to the children of undocumented immigrants.
In the early 1900s, schools were expected to «Americanize» immigrant children, so that as adults they would become loyal, productive citizens.
With immigrant voting participating and even interest in politics so low, Barrios argued that many immigrants weren't completely aware of what was going on in the state or how it could affect them and their children.
Though some will disagree about whether immigrants made the American Catholic Church or the American Catholic Church made the immigrants, the 1884 decisions by the Bishops stand as the foundational documents of a school system that so prospered that, by 1965, it was educating one of every eight children in the United States.
These are countries from which millions of immigrants once braved oceans and uncertainty to come to America so their children would have the opportunity for a better life.
Teachers and curricula in Chicago, Detroit, and Cleveland in effect assumed the new immigrant children were capable of becoming good Americans and provided them with the kind of education that would make them so.
«A common theme in research on immigration and education is that immigrant children often say they feel they are on their own because they don't have a lot of family resources,» Louie said, noting that «American schools are structured in a way so that parents are advocates of children.»
So Callahan relies on personal observation, and the broken English that she hears among the immigrant children in her charge.
So districts must be prepared to serve every child — including children with disabilities, children from immigrant families and dual - language learners, children who are experiencing homelessness, and children who've experienced trauma.
He urged senators to vote against confirming Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, criticized the sharp education cuts in the administration's budget proposal, and encouraged the president and Congress to continue protections for recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, which offered immigrants brought to the country as children without documents temporary legal status so they could attend school or work.
As communities strive to ensure the success of all children, it is important that policymakers and early education professionals identify and respond to the needs of immigrant families so that teachers, schools, and early childhood programs are prepared to serve these children.
The current challenges of educating immigrant children are not so different from those the United States encountered a century ago.
Whether that's being an immigrant kid or something else, I think that all children can relate to that idea of having multiple parts that need to be reconciled so you can come into your own strength.
Because as you so astutely noted, a lot of the people in positions of privilege (i.e. white westerners) see the world through a different lens than a person of colour (especially folks like me who are the children of immigrants, are often «othered» in their adopted lands, and have a very different relationships with travel).
Surely at no other time have so many key artists been New York natives, and many more were immigrants or the children of immigrants.
If they were children of immigrants, so was the movement.
Weather you're a child attending a new school or you're an immigrant getting use to your new surroundings, everyone has felt that unease of trying to mix in so you don't feel isolated.»
Fueling demand has been continued strong household formation among baby boomers» children, the influx of immigrant families, and the rise of so - called lifestyle renters, who rent by choice.