Sentences with phrase «immigrant family members»
The projects don't have to be games: Some students are using Storyboard That to create graphic novels, while others are interviewing immigrant family members and publishing the interviews on StoryCorps, a podcasting site for oral histories.
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Kingston, Ontario (CNN)- A Canadian jury Sunday convicted three members of a family of Afghan immigrants of the «honor» murders of four female relatives whose bodies were found in an Ontario canal.
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Rabbi Isaac Unterman adopted a «permissive stance» with regard to the conversion of spouses of Russian immigrants to Israel, arguing that if there is «danger that the Jewish members of such families may be lost to Judaism... regulations against accepting insincere converts may be suspended.»
Headquartered in San Antonio, CHG was founded in 1851 by German immigrant Carl Hilmar Guenther and has been continuously owned by Guenther family members since its founding.
We know immigrants who work two and three full time jobs, some who support family members to rise out of poverty, people who often do the hardest work without praise and acknowledgement.
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.
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.
«These candidates have a history of standing up for working people, immigrant rights, good public education, affordable housing, criminal justice, police reform and other issues that are important to our members and their families.
The bill would limit the types of family members of immigrants that can also be brought to the US to, primarily, spouses and minor children, and would also eliminate the international diversity visa lottery and limit the number of annual refugee admissions.
«Our members endorsed Luis Sepulveda because of his history of standing up for his community in the Bronx, for immigrants and for all working families in our state during his time in the State Assembly,» said 32BJ President Hector Figueroa.
The city's three million immigrants, she said, «are members of our New York family.»
«The mailer, which highlights Assemblyman Espaillat's commitment to working families and immigrant communities, will arrive in the mailboxes of hundreds of 32BJ members on Friday.»
«Our members decided to endorse Brian Kavanagh for State Senate because of his strong record in the Assembly fighting for issues important to working families, including raising the minimum wage in New York State, voting reforms, immigrant rights and union rights.
There are low - income, immigrant working families and we need to get to a place where the plan is going to protect them,» another member said.
Its members assert that the arrangement has allowed them to advance liberal measures — like a legal fund for undocumented immigrants, a minimum wage hike and paid family leave — that would otherwise have no chance in a Republican - controlled body.
«The reaction to me when I said perhaps we should accept ten Syrian families... for the hundred thousand people in Bassetlaw... it was 99.9 % against any immigrants and that includes Labour party members attacking me on social media for daring to suggest that ten more immigrant families should be allowed into this country.
Citizenship benefits immigrants through stronger protections from deportation, the right to vote and run for elected office, and the ability to assist more family members with immigrating to the United States.
Laurie Osmond, an Onteora school board member, said undocumented immigrants fear they will not be able to notify family members if they are to be taken into custody by federal officials.
Pre-Campaign Community Service / Activism: Worked extensively with Family of Woodstock, Rip Van Winkle Council of Boy Scouts of America, establishing Ulster County Habitat for Humanity, Ralph Darmstadt Homeless Shelter, Ulster County Board of Health and Ulster County Human Rights Commission, Caring Hands Soup Kitchen Board Member, Midtown Rising Board Member, Teacher at Woodbourne Prison, part of Rising Hope Program Platform At a Glance Economy: Supports farming subsidies, job creation through infrastructure investments in rural broadband and sustainable technology, in favor of strong unions Healthcare: Medicare for All Women's Rights: Pro-choice, supports fully funding Planned Parenthood, birth control to be paid for employer, supports equal pay for equal work Racial Justice: Will work to prevent discrimination of all kind Immigration: Supports comprehensive immigration reform that includes path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants Foreign Policy: Supports increased pressure on North Korea but not military intervention Environment: Supports measures to stall climate change and create green jobs LGBTQ: Supports anti-discrimination of all people Gun Control: Will not take NRA money, supports common sense gun control and against Faso's vote to allow the mentally disabled to obtain firearms
As a member of the New York Immigrant Family Unity Project, we applaud Senator Klein and Senator Alcantara for their vision and forethought in funding and expanding this much needed universal representation program for detained immigrants,» said Angela Fernandez, Esq., Executive Director of Northern Manhattan Coalition for Immigrant Rights.
Bridget Ball Shaw, a board member of the Capital District Women's Bar Association Legal Project, which offers pro bono representation to immigrants, said at the public forum that news of the 287 (g) program had already frightened immigrant families.
«Across New York, fraudulent service providers are making millions of dollars by ripping off immigrant communities for what they think are rushed or necessary applications for life - altering legal documents: green cards, entrance visas for family members, or the passports to leave and enter the country,» read the release.
Councilman Antonio Reynoso joined former Assembly candidate Jesus Gonzalez and members of the immigrant advocacy group Make the Road Action Fund to make a last - minute plea to Hispanics to vote along the Working Families Party line — which they argued is the ballot row most reflecting the interests of Latinos.
Starting immediately, the IDC's new Immigrant Defense Coalition will operate out of each member's district office to provide legal services, resources and any assistance to immigrants and their families.
The conference drafted plans for «a major initiative to protect immigrant communities,» including providing «legal services, resources and any assistance to immigrants and their families» out of each member's office.
May 10, 2018 • A proposed change in immigration policy from the Trump administration could make it harder for immigrants to obtain a green card if family members use Medicaid, WIC or other federal medical benefits.
I think this commitment is represented well by HGSE faculty members, including some hired during my deanship, for example: Nancy Hill with her work on parenting and family socialization practices across ethnic, socio - economic, and neighborhood contexts; Meira Levinson with her work on civic and multicultural education; Natasha Warikoo with her work on race, immigration, inequality, and culture as they relate to education; and Hiro Yoshikawa with his work on the development of young children in immigrant families.
Students in the latter group are more likely than their peers to have lower family incomes and education levels, be members of ethnic minorities, or come from immigrant families.
They include a «Later to Literacy» program that supports the literacy needs of ESL students; the «Village of Attachment,» where staff, families, and community members create a web of support around the most vulnerable students; «Youth in Transitions,» an after - school program that works closely with students alongside their parents; and «PAWS,» a program designed to help immigrant students who entered the school system late in their high school years develop fundamental skills for success.
While many factors contribute to this problem, it is a reality in American public education that students who have fallen behind are disproportionately in families with low incomes and disproportionately members of communities that have been on the wrong side of inequities and injustice in our society, including people of color, recent immigrants, and members of the LGBTQ community.
Schools with well - established relationships among administrators, teachers, and immigrant families were more successful in recruiting and retaining team members from traditionally marginalized groups and in making progress toward their goals.
If educators assume that the main purpose of working with families is to promote academic achievement in the classroom and at home, they can miss other important ways in which Mexican American and other immigrant families support their children's development, such as by seeking out advice from trusted members of the community or by participating in church or other community organizations (Poza, Brooks, & Valdés, 2014).
Many English Learners represent the newest members of our society (including recently arrived immigrants and children of immigrants) who bring a rich diversity of cultural backgrounds and come from families with rich social and linguistic experiences.
«Lack of financial assistance makes it more difficult for immigrant students in our community — who are our friends, family members, classmates, and neighbors — to fulfill their dreams of graduating from college.
Thirteen - year - old Karina, a member of a large immigrant family from Haiti, deals with growing up in an abusive and dysfunctional home dominated by her horrifying stepfather.
She skillfully manages multiple points of view to tell the story, among them Claire Burwell, jury member and widow of a wealthy investment banker killed on 9/11; Sean Gallagher, the brother of a firefighter victim, who becomes an angry spokesman for survivor families; and Asma Anwar, a Bangladeshi immigrant, widowed herself on that terrible day, whose dignified appearance at a climactic public hearing provides the story's moral anchor.
Her sitters included artists, writers, intellectuals and family members, as well as people living on the margins of society, particularly immigrants.
The resulting work touches on the universal immigrant experience of friends assuming the roles of absent family members.
In Generation (2016), a two - channel 45 - minute video installation first shown at Participant Inc. in New York and presented here in the Sert Gallery, Keegan interviews his own family members, calling out familiar yet potentially loaded words, such as feminine, masculine, love, race and immigrant.
Panel member Gordon Maynard of Maynard Kischer Stojicevic in Vancouver said broadly speaking, there are four paths for being accepted into Canada as an immigrant: economic, in which the selection is skill - based; family reunification; asylum; and humanitarian and compassionate grounds.
There are those who leave their home country as a family member has moved to a new country based on family reunification principles; still others who can settle in a new country based on ancestry: they are immigrants.
Call an experienced US immigration attorney to know your options if your family member does not qualify for a family based immigrant visa.
Not all foreign family members qualify for a family based immigrant visa.
The US citizen or permanent resident completes the immigrant visa petition on behalf of the foreign family member and files the petition with the USCIS along with proof of eligibility to sponsor the petition — evidence of US citizenship or permanent status and also proof of the petitioner's relationship with the beneficiary of the petition — the foreign family member.
Safra is dedicated to working with new immigrant families with young children and continues her career as a member of Ryerson University's Lifeline Syria supporting the sponsorship and settlement of Syrian refugee families.
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I spoke with a family member, an Asian - American immigrant, whose white male partner had voted for Trump.
To count as family, the members do not even need to live under the same roof (there are commuter marriages and «living apart together» arrangements, there are divorced families that extend across households, and immigrant families that reach across nations).
Other types of childhood adversity can also include being homeless, living in a war zone, being an immigrant, moving many times, witnessing a sibling being abused, witnessing a father or other caregiver or extended family member being abused, involvement with the criminal justice system, attending a school that enforces a zero - tolerance discipline policy, etc..