Sentences with phrase «led by the immigrant»

Brad Feld, founder of Incubator Techstars, estimates that women - led companies now make up around 10 percent of TechStars» portfolio, and that companies led by immigrants or minority entrepreneurs make up another 10 percent — but of course they can only work with what teams choose to apply.

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In short, an audit conducted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) led to the dismissal of 21 immigrant employees from the bakery.

Last week, a study published by the Kauffman Foundation using census data from the past 50 years, revealed some eye - opening statistics about the number of immigrant - led companies in America.

Texas led the legal fight against President Barack Obama's plan to protect up to four million immigrants from deportation, joined by 25 other Republican - led states.

Co-founder and Executive Director of United We Dream, Cristina Jimenez explains, «Our movement is led by undocumented immigrants and people of color, and under Trump we've seen our members targeted in phishing attacks online and chased by white supremacists out in the streets.»

Holland was founded in the 1850s by Dutch immigrants led by Albertus C. VanRaalte.

One of the professors (who, as it happens, is one of the world's leading scientists) was kneeling next to the wife of my tailor — she's an immigrant woman whose simple southern Italian spirituality is of the sort that gets Catholics labeled Mary worshippers by our Protestant friends.

For example, books reviewed in the first months of 1910 included Herbert Croly's The Promise of American Life; Education in the Far East, by Charles F. Thwing; a philosophical study titled Religion and the Modern Mind, by Frank Carleton Doan; Jane Addams's The Spirit of Youth and the City Streets; The Immigrant Tide, by Edward Steiner; Medical Inspectors of Schools (a Russel Sage Foundation study); A. Modern City (a scientific study of that phenomenon), by William Kirk; The Leading Facts of American History, by D. H. Montgomery; and Jack London's collection of short stories, Lost Face.

It is this kind of experience, suffered in milder form by many immigrant groups, that leads Harold Cruse, perhaps the most thoughtful of contemporary black intellectuals, to write:

That movie featured not one but two excellent fight scenes soundtracked by Led Zeppelin's «Immigrant Song,» which is very cool.

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.

By masking this reality, the debate on immigration has led to the targeting of people from Poland and other European states by racists who would previously have focused on immigrants from Africa and AsiBy masking this reality, the debate on immigration has led to the targeting of people from Poland and other European states by racists who would previously have focused on immigrants from Africa and Asiby racists who would previously have focused on immigrants from Africa and Asia.

Demonstrators, led by filmmaker Michael Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Robert De Niro and Sally Field, crowded in front of Trump International Hotel and Tower to speak about a variety of issues including health care, labor rights, climate change and protection for immigrants, lesbians and gays.

In 2006, the White House supported and Republican - led Senate passed comprehensive immigration reform that would eventually allow millions of illegal immigrants to become citizens, but the House (also led by Republicans) did not advance the bill.

Program note: Explore the journey out of the shadows led by undocumented immigrant and Pulitzer Prize - winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas.

Others say the governor and legislature need to do more to respond to potential actions by President Donald Trump and the Republican - led Congress that could lead to deep funding cuts, and a loss of immigrant rights.

«While some seek to politically grandstand by promoting rallies and town halls, I am busy protecting immigrant tenants from heartless landlords, and making sure New Yorkers are protected from lead paint chips falling onto the streets and sidewalks from elevated subway tracks.»

Direct Access is lauded by Task Force members, whose work led to the plan, but has critics and immigrants wondering if it is enough.

The idea to set an immigration policy came in response to a nationwide effort led by Republican President Donald Trump to deport undocumented immigrants.

Establishing an immigration policy came in response to a nationwide effort led by Republican President Donald Trump to deport undocumented immigrants.

Cuomo has been publicly fighting against the president's policies on cracking down on immigrants and, in recent days, against attempts by Trump and the Republican - led Congress to dismantle Obamacare.

Cuomo has been publicly fighting against the president's policies on cracking down on immigrants and, in recent days, against attempts by Trump and the Republican - led Congress to dismantle the Affordable Care Act.

The IDC, led by Bronx State Senator Jeffrey Klein, have asserted that the arrangement with the GOP has permitted the passage of numerous liberal measures — including gun control, paid family leave, a minimum wage hike and the creation of a legal services fund for undocumented immigrants.

«In the short time that he has been leading the district attorney's office, Eric has addressed the concerns of the diverse immigrant communities of Brooklyn by opposing the Trump administration's harmful proposals that can, at the very least, disrupt the daily life of some Brooklynites and at worst, break up families.

Led by Dr Agnieszka Golec de Zavala, at the Goldsmiths, University of London, the researchers then tried to establish what kind of people believe that immigrants threaten the UK.

Adapted by Joel and Ethan Coen, Richard LaGravenese, and William Nicholson from Laura Hillenbrand's book, Unbroken deliberately zeroes in on the discrimination Louie and his family suffered as Italian - American immigrants in the early 20th century, a cruelty that led Louie to turn to alcohol and petty theft.

Powered by a Norse anthem from Led Zeppelin in their «Immigrant Song» in a couple of key sequences, Thor: Ragnarok never lacks for energy or vibrancy.

There are some pop culture references to the 1970s, with Heart's «Barracuda» and Led Zeppelin's «Immigrant Song» featured on the soundtrack, but there's never the sense of a movie begging for laughs by throwing in anachronisms.

«Live and Let Die» by Paul McCartney and Wings, Harry Chapin's ballad «The Cat's in the Cradle,» and the relatively edgier «Immigrant Song» by Led Zeppelin and the Wilson sisters» «Barracuda» are used to humorous effect.

Set to a blistering cover of Led Zeppelin's «Immigrant Song» by Trent Reznor and Karen O., it has all the punk rock style, attitude and energy that one would expect from Lisbeth Salander.

From the very beginning of the film Fincher sets the tone with a brilliant opening titles sequence that projects dark and twisted techno - punk imagery to an adrenaline fueled cover of Led Zeppelin's «Immigrant Song» produced by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross with vocals from Karen O from the band the Yeah Yeah Yeah's.

Check out the trailer, backed by Led Zeppelin's «Immigrant Song,» below:

IMMIGRANT SONG Written by Jimmy Page & Robert Plant Performed by Led Zeppelin Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp..

You may remember in one of the trailers for Ragnarok the use of Immigrant Song by Led Zeppelin was used.

As suggested by the Norse apocalyptic event mentioned in the title, the trailer finds Thor's homeland of Asgard leveled and his beloved hammer Mjölnir destroyed by new villain Hela, devilishly played by Cate Blanchett, all while Led Zeppelin's «Immigrant Song» rages in the background.

As heard in the trailers, they play «Immigrant Song» by Led Zeppelin.

The action thriller, which is as gripping as it is political, sees a group of illegal immigrants (led by Gael García Bernal's Moises) stranded... Read More

WHY: It's a little surprising that James Gray's «The Immigrant» didn't get more attention during last year's awards season (especially from critics groups), because it's a solid period drama that, although it treads familiar ground, is elevated by the performances from its three leads.

The cast is led by Bruce Campbell as Ash Williams, Lucy Lawless as Ruby a mysterious figure who believes Ash is the cause of the Evil outbreaks, Ray Santiago as Pablo Simon Bolivar, an idealistic immigrant who becomes Ash's loyal sidekick, Dana DeLorenzo as Kelly Maxwell, a moody wild child trying to outrun her past and Jill Marie Jones as Amanda Fisher, a disgraced Michigan State Trooper set to find our anti-hero Ash and prove his responsibility in the grisly murder of her partner.

Beneath A Scarlet Sky by Mark Sullivan is a true story of Pino Lella who was a seventeen year of Italian boy living in Millan whose parents sent him to live in a monastery in the Alps where he and his fifteen year old brother led Jewish immigrants, downed British pilots and others to freedom over the Alps to Switzerland during World War II.

The project will lead the first long - term, cross-cultural study of immigrant adolescent adaptation by tracking the school and family experiences of 400 first - generation immigrants between the ages of ten and fourteen, for a period of five years.

Analysts have cited a legion of reasons for the state's slide in achievement: the steady leaching of resources from the schools that was the inevitable result of the infamous 1970s property - tax revolt led by Howard Jarvis; a long period of economic woes caused by layoffs in the defense industry; curriculum experiments with «whole language» reading instruction and «new math» that were at best a distraction and at worst quite damaging; a school finance lawsuit that led to a dramatic increase in the state's authority over school budgets and operations; and a massive influx of new students and non-English-speaking immigrants that almost surely depressed test scores.

Besides the documented evidence that the presence of law enforces leads to overuse of harsh school discipline and exacerbates the school - to - prison pipeline, they can also end up being used by ICE as tools to identify and deport undocumented immigrant children and their families.

She participated in the Artist Project at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and earlier this month, recognized for «collaging the immigrant experience,» Akunyili Crosby was named among the 100 Leading Global Thinkers of 2015 by Foreign Policy Magazine.

Led by Robert Henri, the so - called Ashcan School depicted the social transactions of an industrial, immigrant - laden, urban environment, capturing the thriving intensity of human beings.

Even though consultants tell immigrants they can save money by hiring them, this statement is untrue and can lead to problems that may result in a person not being allowed to immigrate to the United States.

The report «Economic Contributions by Salvadoran, Honduran, and Haitian TPS Holders,» released by the Immigrant Legal Resource Center last year, showed that deporting current Honduran TPS holders would cost our nation more than $ 700 million in lost revenue; lead to a GDP reduction of $ 10.9 billion over a decade; and incur $ 1.6 billion in lost Social Security and Medicare contributions over a decade.

Holland was founded in the 1850s by Dutch immigrants led by Albertus C. VanRaalte.

«While these obstacles led to a cool down in sales from non-resident foreign buyers, the purchases by recent immigrant foreigners rose, resulting in the overall sales dollar volume still being the second highest since 2009.»