Sentences with phrase «in fear of deportation»

Legislation to protect Dreamers — including the 20,000 educators with DACA — that includes pathways to legal status or citizenship would not only increase the GDP, creating more revenue with which to improve public schools, but it would also mean that students and families across the country currently living in fear of deportation could focus on both their education and creating a better future for themselves and their communities.99

If immigrants are targeted, children whose parents are immigrants or who are immigrants themselves will live in fear of deportation.36 If Medicaid is cut, not only will it increase the number of uninsured children without access to needed medical care, but it will also put the jobs of thousands of school nurses, psychologists, and physical therapists at risk.37 This would hurt health outcomes for many children, especially those with disabilities.

Will he ever have it renewed again or will he again have to live in the shadows, on the margins, in fear of deportation?

«Republicans couldn't keep government running, failed to fund health care for millions of kids, and are forcing 800,000 Dreamers to live in fear of deportation.

Vice has published an interesting new short documentary about an American church hiding undocumented immigrants who live in fear of deportation since the election.

And that pitch — a welcoming environment plus money and resources — can be attractive, especially to entrepreneurs who'd rather stop living in fear of deportation.

«Expanding the focus of law enforcement beyond people who are real threats would make all Americans less safe by diverting resources, while millions of undocumented folks who don't pose a threat will live in fear of deportation.»

Not exact matches

DACA recipients» fears are not unfounded — the same fear surfaced several years ago after the Obama administration in 2014 attempted to expand DACA and implement a program known as Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents, which sought to shield from deportation the parents of American citizens or lawful permanent residents.

And now that Attorney General Jeff Sessions is cracking down on sanctuary cities, where immigrants can live without fear of local authorities turning them in to the federal government, these groups are vulnerable to the recent deportation raids.

Activists working with immigrant voters say a «climate of fear» — stoked by rising deportation arrests and the failure of Congress and Trump to strike a deal on DACA — is stirring greater interest in their voter outreach efforts for the upcoming midterms.

«Our prayer,» the letter reads in part, «is that these young people would be allowed to continue contributing to our society without fear of deportation.»

The Department of Homeland Security announced Monday that it would end temporary protected status (TPS) for the roughly 200,000 Salvadorans allowed to live in the US without fear of deportation following a pair of earthquakes in their country in 2001.

Like so many Jews in France, both naturalised and refugees, the war meant disruption of family life, fear, arrest and deportation.

The Trump administration says it will end the temporary protected status that has allowed some 200,000 natives of El Salvador to live in the U.S. without fear of deportation for nearly 17 years.

«Communities of color, especially immigrant communities, historically struggle to count all of its residents as distrust in government and fear of deportation makes participation in the decennial enumeration undesirable for many who live there.

Steven Choi, executive director of the New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC), said the organization's upstate partners in central and western New York have been working on the ground from Rome to Rochester to highlight the «tragic deportations and fear» that ICE has brought about in the state's immigrant communities.

But Staten Island Republican Assemblyman Ron Castorina, one of the lawsuit plaintiffs, said de Blasio was «fear mongering» among voters since federal law enforcement agencies can pull other government records, such as school and health records, to help them in deportation proceedings.

He is in fear of being pulled over for a traffic violation that turns into a deportation case, which would tear him apart from his wife and kids.

Town Board member Daniel Torres, in a Facebook posting late Thursday, said the new law restricts «local law enforcement from coordinating with ICE (U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement) for the purposes of immigration enforcement» and «will ensure that ALL members of our community can contact or work with the town police in a time of need without fear of deportation.»

According to Scarpino, the issues that he plans to address in his new role include Westchester's heroin and illegal drug epidemic — a situation he described as «a scourge that is destroying our youth» — as well as Internet predators, phone scams, child and elder abuse, domestic violence, and injustices against immigrants who he believes are preyed upon by people who take advantage of their fear of deportation.

«As a Latina who recently became a citizen, I know firsthand the challenges that many in this country face,» Ms. Praeli wrote, «including fear of deportation, and Hillary is committed to fighting against Republican attacks to tear families like mine apart.»

Officials say thousands use the Human Rights Act, which guarantees the «right to family life», or fears about violence in the countries they left as a way of dodging deportation.

Five years ago, U.S. President Barack Obama signed an executive order that allowed young, unauthorized immigrants who arrived in the country as children to work, go to school, and get a driver's license without fear of deportation.

Finally, they live in constant fear of deportation and experience a sense of voicelessness, invisibility and limited opportunities, due to their conflicting undocumented status.»

They excluded the DHS bill, which includes funding for the nation's immigration and border security programs, in protest against White House moves to make it easier for some undocumented immigrants to remain in the United States without fear of deportation.

The authors suggest that Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), an initiative signed by the Obama administration in 2012 that allows certain young undocumented immigrants to work legally in the U.S. without fear of deportation, could help shore up the numbers.

For teens and young adults, getting embarrassed in front of their peers may be a more paralyzing fear than worrying about deportation, Gonzales notes.

This special report examines challenges and strategies for educating some of the most vulnerable students in the nation's schools, including youths in juvenile detention facilities, immigrant students fearing deportation, homeless students with disabilities, and foster children.

Implemented in the United States a little over one year ago, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program provides an opportunity for undocumented immigrants who entered the U.S. as children to remain in the country without fear of deportation, and allows them more opportunities in the areas of work and education.

The policy, the DACA program, while not granting a path to legalization, enables them to remain in the country without fear of deportation and to apply for work permits.

The movement can reach out to immigration reform groups and others to develop ways to help those families evade deportation; this includes running bus services that can transport children from homes to schools without endangering their families, as well as work with community groups such as San Francisco's Arriba Juntos to provide schooling to those in fear of appearing in schools.

What once was an area of uncertainty, mixed with fear of deportation and missing one's family, has been replaced by a beautiful new day for undocumented immigrants in America.

Today, West Coast LEAF is calling on the City of Vancouver to become a «sanctuary city» in which everyone can access municipal services and police protection regardless of their immigration status, without fear of detention and deportation.

Long hours of work for little pay, the inability to take time off of work when personal emergencies arise, fear that speaking out about abuses will lead to deportation — these are the kinds of working conditions faced by many of the 200,000 temporary foreign workers in Ontario.