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«Such a divide between the local police and immigrant groups will result in increased crime against immigrants and in the broader community, create a class of silent victims, and eliminate the potential for assistance from immigrants in solving crimes or preventing crime.»
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Is the route through the «race politics» travelled by aggrieved victims of oppression, or through the more travelled and more successful route of immigrant groups who aspired to «making it in America»?
«That a Muslim immigrant can assault a United States citizen,» it says, «in defense of his religious beliefs and walk away a free man, while the victim is chastised and insulted... is a horrible abrogation.»
«Immigrants and refugees are the victims of crime, not the perpetrators,» she said in an interview.
Their presence at courthouses intimidates immigrants who might be witnesses in a case, or victims of a crime.
Cuomo is set to announced in his State of the State address that his administration will be sponsoring temporary visas for undocumented immigrants who can show they were victims of wage theft or physical abuse by their employers, a proposal The Daily News's Juan Gonzalez compares to the late Mario Cuomo.
She said, «Between January and December 2016, we repatriated 792 illegal immigrants to their countries while 65 victims of traffick were rescued at different border posts in the state.
Cross River Command of Nigeria Immigration Service, Cross River Command, On Tuesday said that 792 illegal immigrants have been repatriated to their countries and rescued 65 trafficked victims in the state in 2016.
Several items that Cuomo had tied to the budget are not currently in the spending plan, including bail reform, the Child Victims Act for survivors of childhood sexual abuse and the Dream Act to provide college aid for children of undocumented immigrants.
Samuel Pierre, a Brooklyn state Senate candidate who pleaded guilty to swindling immigrants out of thousands of dollars, claims in campaign literature that he's the victim because his case left him «shaken.»
Trump, in a visit Wednesday to the Department of Homeland Security in Washington, D.C., referenced families who were the victims of crimes by undocumented immigrants.
The IDC resolution also supports the creation of a state DREAM Act that would give the college kids of undocumented immigrants access to state tuition assistance programs, funding for teacher centers, and Cuomo's push to spend up to $ 1 million on a memorial in New York City honoring «all victims of hate, intolerance, and violence» in the wake of a club shooting in Orlando last year.
When someone who is in this country illegally commits a crime, their victims are usually fellow immigrants.
Cohen told Magistrate Judge Kevin Fox that nearly six years after the crimes were committed Pierre had not repaid his victims — even though they were Haitian immigrants and «the very types of people» he claimed «to care so much about» in legal papers seeking leniency.
With unique access to a «hidden population» from one of America's largest Spanish - speaking immigrant destinations, a recent study finds that more than 30 % of undocumented migrant laborers in this area are victims of labor trafficking and 55 % are victims of other labor abuses.
When a half - Chechen, half - Russian, brutally tortured immigrant turns up in Hamburg's Islamic community, laying claim to his father's ill gotten fortune, both German and US security agencies take a close interest: as the clock ticks down and the stakes rise, the race is on to establish this most wanted man's true identity — oppressed victim or destruction - bent extremist?
When a half - Chechen, half - Russian, brutally tortured immigrant turns up in Hamburg's Islamic community, laying claim to his father's ill gotten fortune, both German and US security agencies take a close interest: as the clock ticks down and the stakes rise, the race is on to establish this most wanted man's true identity - oppressed victim or destruction - bent extremist?
The organization provides «opportunities for refugees, asylees, victims of human trafficking, survivors of torture and other immigrants to thrive in America.»
Meanwhile, in the cluttered back office, junior clerk Vladimir Girshkin - the immigrant's immigrant, the expatriate's expatriate, enduring victim of every practical joke the late twentieth century had to offer and an unlikely hero for our times - was going at it with the morning's first double - cured - spicy - soppressata - and - avocado sandwich.
Other firm attorneys worked on high - profile pro bono cases, traveled to refugee camps in Southeast Asia to provide legal advice, co-chaired the National Conference of Vietnamese American Attorneys, taught martial arts to underprivileged children, taught legal issues to spanish - only speaking immigrants, organized national volleyball tournaments for at - risk youth, and assisted victims of domestic violence.
Also an active pro bono attorney, Ms. Mitchell has secured a five - year restraining order and full physical and legal child custody rights on behalf of a victim of domestic violence, and is currently engaged in immigrant rights advocacy.
Sally has provided technical assistance, trainings, and facilitation to groups on local, state, and national levels and has co-authored a number of publications including The U Visa: Obtaining Status for Immigrant Victims of Crime (ILRC), The VAWA Manual: Immigration Relief for Abused Immigrants (ILRC), Immigration Benchbook for Juvenile and Family Court Judges (ILRC), and Application of Protection Remedies for Victims of Domestic Abuse, Human Trafficking, and Crime under U.S. Law to Persons Physically Present in the U.S. Territories (Family Violence Prevention Fund).
In 2007, inspired by civil rights attorneys Charles Hamilton Houston, Thurgood Marshall, and Avon Williams, Jr., who used the law and courts as a vehicle to make change and protect all people against injustice, Attorney Zulu Ali opened the Law Offices of Zulu Ali with a focus on representing persons accused of crimes and seeking criminal justice, immigrants, victims of discrimination, and persons seeking civil justice.
We provide direct legal representation to low - income clients in more than 5,000 civil legal cases every year - from defending against employment discrimination to obtaining benefits for people with disabilities to helping immigrant victims of crime get visas.
Provide direct legal services to immigrant victims with meritorious immigration relief and victims of affected by fraud and / or identity theft in order to address the range of civil legal issues that arise from the victimization
In my experience with the Edmonton Community Legal Centre («ECLC»), I have noticed that abusive sponsors can use the legal system to exert power and control over immigrant victims of domestic violence in two wayIn my experience with the Edmonton Community Legal Centre («ECLC»), I have noticed that abusive sponsors can use the legal system to exert power and control over immigrant victims of domestic violence in two wayin two ways.
Immigrant victims of domestic violence have special protection in U.S. immigration laws.
Verizon volunteers have assisted immigrant victims of domestic violence with filing immigration papers; helped domestic violence victims secure protective orders in court; and provided corporate and business law advice to organizations, such as non-profits and shelters, serving victims of domestic violence.
In some instances, attorneys from major Philadelphia firms have formed specialized «practice groups» to handle cases involving immigrant victims of domestic and interpersonal violence, asylum, and other issues.
To advocate for victims of domestic violence in all family law matters including divorce, child custody, child support, restraining orders; to empower immigrants with family law issues.
The prevalence and physical and psychological effects of intimate partner violence (IPV), defined as physical, emotional, financial and / or sexual abuse perpetrated against the victim by an intimate partner are well documented among women in the general population.1 — 7 Little is known, however, about the extent and consequences of IPV among immigrant women.
Mr. Tronsdal hopes to build on the accomplishments of Ward 3's departing representative, Karin Uhlich, by focusing on economic growth, including investments in a local employment - ready workforce; public safety, including resources for domestic violence victims, immigrants, and refugees; and support for children and education.