Sentences with phrase «immigrant rights leader»

Immigrant rights leader Ravi Ragbir was detained at a routine check - in meeting with ICE officials in Manhattan Thursday, flipping a peaceful vigil outside the Javits Federal Building into a massive protest marked by clashes with police.

Jean Montrevil, a Haitian immigrant rights leader in the city, was deported to Haiti after living in the United States for more than 30 years, according to Democracy Now.

Immigrant rights leader Ravi Ragbir was detained at a routine check - in meeting with ICE officials in Manhattan, flipping a peaceful vigil outside the Javits Federal Building into a massive protest marked by clashes with police.

Reps. Nydia Velázquez and Joe Crowley say federal immigration agents appear to be «targeting» a number of «immigrant rights leaders across the United States,» and demanded a sit - down with agency brass about «the rash of enforcement actions.»

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After the rallies, immigrant rights groups will join LGBTQ, African - American and women's organizations this summer to push for the election of new leaders, Salas said, adding that they hope to see more support from Americans who aren't immigrants.

«He had been a huge climate leader, huge labor champion, a real nationwide leader in terms of immigrants» rights and we just felt like, in addition to everything else, we felt he wasn't getting a fair shot by the establishment,» Steyer said.

From activists for social and environmental justice, to advocates for affordable housing and alternative transportation, to leaders in the struggle for immigrants» rights and civil rights, NKD is building a progressive Brooklyn alliance.

While Lipton and activist organizations — like Make the Road Action, a leading immigrants» rights group that endorsed Nixon on Friday — were careful to blame the crack - up on Cuomo, at least one labor leader offered a more scathing indictment of the WFP.

At 11 a.m., IDC Leader Jeff Klein, Sen. Diane Savino, Assemblyman Francisco Moya, NYC Councilman Ritchie Torres and community, immigrant rights and labor advocates discuss the release of a report about an undercover investigation of local employment agencies; steps, City Hall, Manhattan.

«I will be working shoulder to shoulder with County Leader Joe Crowley for immigrants» rights,» Rodriguez said.

If the majority leader and the Senate Republicans were serious about addressing the issues affecting Latinos, they would have asked their Latino counterparts in the Senate to help them organize a conference that reflects the issues that are impacting Latinos throughout the state such as immigrants» rights issues as well as the need to extend the millionaire's tax so that New York State is able to continue funding important services like education, housing, and healthcare that are so critical to our communities.»

NEW YORK, NY (12/18/2017)(readMedia)-- Last week, over thirty organizations, nonprofits, labor unions, including the New York State United Teachers, SEIU 32BJ, RWDSU, CWA District 1, and civil rights organizations, including Statewide NAACP and National Action Network, civil liberties, reproductive and immigrant rights, criminal justice and re-entry groups, New American and LGBTQ community groups sent a letter demanding that Governor Cuomo and the legislative leaders prioritize Early Voting in the 2018 - 19 budget.

Our work with families, strong partnerships with leaders and service providers in immigrant communities, and expertise on legal rights and entitlements place us at the forefront of efforts to improve educational opportunities for these students.

Our youth members are leaders of some of the city and state's most vibrant and effective campaigns on immigrant rights, criminal justice and more.

She later worked in collaboration with leaders at Fuerza Laboral, a worker center in her home state of Rhode Island, to advance campaigns, coalitions, and research efforts around immigrant rights and economic justice.