Sentences with phrase «launched by immigrants»

More than 40 percent of businesses on the U.S. Fortune 500 List are launched by immigrants or children of immigrants.

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When Jobe launched New Life Community Church 25 years ago, the Midway neighborhood where his main campus is located was primarily populated by descendants of Polish, Lithuanian and Italian immigrants.

Led by Tolu Olubunmi, an immigrant and DREAMer, the organization is focused on launching the Welcome.us campaign and establishing Immigrant Heritage Month to honor the ways in which America and the immigrants who have built our country are linked in a shared, productiveimmigrant and DREAMer, the organization is focused on launching the Welcome.us campaign and establishing Immigrant Heritage Month to honor the ways in which America and the immigrants who have built our country are linked in a shared, productiveImmigrant Heritage Month to honor the ways in which America and the immigrants who have built our country are linked in a shared, productive history.

These are the very people who will be turned off by the kinds of attacks on immigrants and «benefit scroungers» launched in recent months.

ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Andrew Cuomo launched a state hotline Sunday to assist immigrants affected by President Trump's executive order on immigration, vowing legal assistance to anyone facing detainment.

Cuomo said this year's state budget allocates $ 10 million to the Liberty Defense Fund, a program launched last year to provide legal assistance for immigrants targeted by ICE raids.

Back in 2007, Hochul, tapped by Governor Cuomo as his running mate, launched a public campaign to derail Eliot Spitzer's plan to provide driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants.

Clinton launched a Spanish - language TV ad, again looking to the general election and going after Trump by name, saying he calls immigrants «rapists and criminals.»

The IDNYC program, launched by de Blasio's administration in 2015, aimed to remove barriers that some New Yorkers face in obtaining identification — including undocumented immigrants, the homeless, transgendered individuals, and the formerly incarcerated — granting them access to important city services.

Gordon Brown promised yesterday to launch a drive to train thousands of unemployed workers for jobs currently being filled by immigrants flocking to Britain.

English - language learners have limited access to some of the 186 small high schools that are part of a small - schools initiative launched by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg in the New York City school system, says a report by two immigrant - advocacy groups.

Attorneys with the Capital Area Immigrant Rights (Cair) Coalition, who met with more than 70 other launched detainees with lowered sentences, say he has one of the greatest cases for prosecutorial discretion as detailed in a 2014 memo by the head of the Department of Homeland Security.

«Bowser will launch the initiative by shifting funds from the Office on Latino Affairs to a new Immigrant Justice Legal Services Grant Program.

Paladin has grown to about 1,500 users since its launch in January across partner law firms, companies, and law schools, and has served clients including LGBT refugees, domestic violence survivors, immigrants affected by the travel ban, and low - income entrepreneurs.

In March 2011, Doriana Silva, a Canadian immigrant from Brazil, was hired by Ashley Madison to assist with the launch of its new Brazilian web site.