Sentences with phrase «immigrant in the country»

And lately, the bar has been a lot higher for immigrants in the country illegally.

Voters also favor a path to citizenship for immigrants in the country illegally.

As of 2012, it's estimated that the number of illegal immigrants in the country has actually declined by over 1 million people to a total of 11 million.

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

We presently have between 11 and 12 million illegal immigrants in this country.

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

He also promised to continue to enact the Dream Act, to offer college aid to children of immigrants in the country illegally, hold down the state's near highest in the nation property taxes, and to make New York's education system the best in the nation.

Along with measures like increasing pay for immigration officers and ramping up border security, the plan would also prevent the deportation of millions of undocumented immigrants in the country illegally, through «deferred action.»

Sanctuary status has to do with immigrants in this country illegally.

Rafael's art not only reflects his life as an individual, but also the lives of many other young immigrants in this country who work hard towards their dreams.

However, a closer look to figures reveals that, despite what scholars termed the «deportation turn», the stock of irregular immigrants in these countries does not seem significantly affected by these measures.

In the beginning of his campaign, Trump said that the 11 million immigrants in the country needed to go.

But some of the actions proposed — including not detaining immigrants in the country illegally for 48 hours based on ICE requests without judicial warrants — are already in place.

Hochul, the former Erie County Clerk once wanted to turn suspected immigrants in the country illegally over to federal authorities.

«We are here standing together with one voice to send a message to Donald Trump that we will fight you and we will fight any ill - conceived, mean - spirited federal law that goes against immigrants in this country,» Velázquez said.

The presidency has on Monday served a note of warning to Nigerians who are looking for greener pastures to stay clear of Libya as a result of the alleged killings of black immigrants in the country.

He attacked GOP front - runner Donald Trump, calling the bombastic billionaire «idiotic» for his plan to deport all 11 million undocumented immigrants in the country now.

Canada originated the system of admitting immigrants based on skill levels rather than on employment promises, but it will drop this approach in 2014 because of what Maclean's magazine calls the «ugly reality facing so many» of the skilled immigrants in the country: great difficulty finding work and low earnings when they do.

Kate Voigt educates the public about crucial issues facing immigrants in this country.

The United States had alleged in its suit against Arpaio and Maricopa County that the sheriff targeted Hispanic drivers in pretextual traffic stops intended to find immigrants in the country illegally.

In other words, does it cost more to keep illegal immigrants in this country, or does it cost more to deport them?

Philadelphia officials and the Justice Department are rejecting a federal judge's idea for settling their dispute over how the city deals with immigrants in the country illegally.

In Washington Heights on Thursday, Mr. Espaillat talked up a bill he sponsored in 2002 that allowed young immigrants in the country illegally to quality for in - state tuition rates at City University of New York and the State University of New York.

In an exclusive interview Tuesday on CNN's John King, USA, Gov. Jan Brewer, R - Arizona, said until the borders are secure, she has no interest in working with President Obama on passing a comprehensive federal immigration bill that includes a path to citizenship for the millions of undocumented immigrants in the country.

Immigrant rights groups have joined in May Day activities for more than a decade, initially to push back against harsh legislative proposals and later to clamor for reform and legal status for immigrants in the country illegally who were brought to the U.S. as children or overstayed their visas.

Overall arrests of immigrants in the country illegally have increased in recent months, but deportations have declined slightly, according to the most recently available government data.

The government has arrested thousands of immigrants in the country illegally and threatened to withhold funding from sanctuary jurisdictions, which limit cooperation between local and federal immigration authorities.

It was similar to the controversy that struck the Clinton administration's first choice for the position, Zoe Baird, who employed two immigrants in the country illegally to do housework.

A federal judge this week blocked two executive actions by President Obama, that would have protected as many as 4 million immigrants in the country illegally from deportation.

The far - right Australian politician Pauline Hanson has cancelled a planned move to the UK, citing the number of immigrants in the country.

«This is the largest outreach effort for immigrants in the country and the most successful,» added Benno Schmidt, Chairperson of CUNY's Board of Trustees.

He's linking it to passage of the Dream Act, which would give college aid to children of immigrants in the country illegally.

«What do we do about illegal immigrants in this country?

Eliot Spitzer's 2007 attempt to grant driver's licenses to immigrants in the country illegally.

And Javier H. Valdés, the co-director of Make the Road New York, another advocacy organization pushing for immigrant rights, described the decision as «a step backwards for the rights of immigrants in this country.»

I am at a privileged position and perhaps I did not go through what migrants in the caravans go through, but I seek to do my part as a journalist and as an immigrant in this country to share their stories.

Here's the thing: When you're an immigrant in a country where you don't speak the language, where you aren't familiar with its rules and laws, you get taken advantage of.