Sentences with phrase «immigrants in the country illegally»

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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Further, he has also vowed to remove an estimated 11 million immigrants living in the U.S. illegally, as well as cancel visas to countries that refuse to take them back.

A coalition of 17 U.S. states sued the Obama administration on Wednesday saying it acted illegally by issuing an executive order to ease the threat of deportation for millions of immigrants who are in the country without the proper documents.

Immigrant groups acknowledged there is some fear among people in the country illegally who are skittish about drawing attention to themselves in visible marches.

The President's plan would broaden the eligibility requirements of a current policy that grants deferred action to immigrants who came into the country illegally as children (expanding it to reach about 300,000 new individuals), and, most significantly, would also give the same protection to immigrant parents who have children born in the U.S..

Mayor Bill de Blasio tore into Texas Senator Ted Cruz today for advocating the deportation of immigrants residing in the country illegally.

She in the past has held conservative views on immigration, at one point drawing up a plan when she was Erie County Clerk to immediately turn in to authorities immigrants suspected of being in the country illegally.

Conservatives will now be emboldened in their opposition to legislation to create a path to citizenship for immigrants living in the country illegally, and party leaders who are sympathetic to such legislation will likely be less willing to try.

With that history, it seems unlikely that Senate Republicans will rush to back items like a provision to codify the abortion rights in the federal Roe v Wade decision into law, or enact the Dream Act, which would give college aid to children of immigrants who are in the country illegally.

Curran, who did not attend the civic rally, has said she would work with federal officials to deport immigrants who are in the country illegally and are convicted of crimes, and would not allow Nassau to become a «sanctuary» county.

Both candidates support the Dream Act, which would give college aid to children of immigrants who are in the country illegally.

Cuomo has said he supports the concept but has not taken position on the bill itself, a proposal that would let immigrants who are in the country illegally receive money for college from the state Tuition Assistance Program.

Citizenship and Immigration Services has resumed accepting requests to renew a grant of deferred action under the Obama - era program that shields from deportation young immigrants brought to the U.S. as children and who remain in the country illegally.

Trump's tough new policies will — at least for now — leave protections in place for immigrants known as «dreamers» who entered the country illegally as children, officials said.

On Thursday, the state Assembly voted 87 - 45 for the DREAM Act, a bill that would open up state - level college tuition assistance to children of immigrants and undocumented immigrants who are in the country illegally.

The Senate bill would provide a path to citizenship for the estimated 11 million immigrants living in the country illegally and tighten border security.

Republicans and Democrats have been trying to reach a budget agreement that saves DACA, the Obama - era initiative that provides protected legal status to thousands of young immigrants living in the country illegally.

A group of angry illegal immigrants disrupted House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's press conference today and chanted that Democrats are a «deportation machine» that must help push for legal protections for 11 million people who are now living illegally in the country.

That was the message more than 1,000 immigrants and advocates echoed as they hit the streets on Wednesday evening for a rally and march in support of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), an Obama - era program that helps immigrants who entered the country illegally as children avoid deportation.

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

When someone who is in this country illegally commits a crime, their victims are usually fellow immigrants.

The New York Civil Liberties Union initially backed the card but withdrew its support over concerns that law enforcement would use the cards to gather information needed to deport immigrants who are in the country illegally.

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Tens of thousands of Latino students helped fuel rallies across the country last week against federal proposals to crack down on immigrants who are in the United States illegally.

Your children born in other countries and brought to the U.S. illegally are usually considered undocumented immigrants and can be deported.