Sentences with phrase «laws against hate crimes»
Enacting a paid family and medical leave program, strengthening laws against hate crimes and exempting Social Security income from the state income tax are among the proposals he endorsed Wednesday.
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Muslims, including lifelong U.S. citizens, are being detained at airports for no other reason than their faith, and law enforcement officials report a surge in hate crimes against them.
Sobbing for the thousands of hate crimes committed against immigrants, women, Muslims, and people of color since Trump was elected; for the inevitable incursions into women's rights; for the mass deportation of Latino immigrants; for the likely return of a «law & order» police state that penalizes men simply for having black or brown skin; and, for the fact that young girls may be indoctrinated to think that their worth is determined solely by their looks.
One bill backed by Akshar would make certain crimes specifically committed against law enforcement, firefighters and other emergency workers punishable as hate crimes.
The bill would ban discrimination based on one's gender identity or expression and also expand hate - crime laws that would explicitly outlaw crimes committed against people due to their identity or expression.
Sixty - seven percent favor a proposal to expand hate - crime laws to cover crimes committed against gays or lesbians.
In an article about the future of litigation against «Don't Ask, Don't Tell,» Aubrey Sarvis, executive director of the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, was quoted last week in Politico as suggesting the administration's defense of the law in court would allow the federal hate crimes law to stay on the books.
Cuomo's written a letter to college students, informing of them of their rights to nondiscrimination, and putting them on notice that the state will enforce its «strict laws» against hate crimes.
And he's written a letter to the state's college students, informing of them of their rights to nondiscrimination, and putting them on notice that the state will enforce its «strict laws» against hate crimes.
And he's written a letter to the state's college students, informing of them of their rights to non-discrimination, and putting them on notice that the state will enforce its «strict laws» against hate crimes.