Sentences with phrase «legal immigrants from»

Legal immigrants from endemic regions are treated for these diseases when they enter the United States.

«Farage has called for a bar on the children of legal immigrants from public schools and health services, has said women are — and I quote — worth less than men, and supports scrapping laws that prevent employers from discriminating based on race.

Honduras TPS Decision Deadline: 5/4/2018, 2 Days As the Honduran Temporary Protected Status (TPS) deadline looms, both Politico PRO and Newsy highlight the fear of various Honduran TPS holders and immigration advocates who are speaking out to urge the Trump Administration to extend TPS for the 57,000 legal immigrants from Honduras.

The most direct jab at Trumpism, which doubled as a reference to Mormonism, was Romney's declaration, «Utah welcomes legal immigrants from around the world [while] Washington sends immigrants a message of exclusion.»

The approval of the New Paltz law comes in the wake town resident Joel Guerrero, a legal immigrant from the Dominican Republic, being detained and processed for deportation over missing a 2011 court date in a drug case.

Not exact matches

From crowdfunding legal defenses to helping immigrants and ex-cons, Venture Capital allows fledgling business the chance to develop and help underserved populations.

The order is likely to grant legal status to nearly half of the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the U.S., giving many access for the first time to legitimate work visas, or protection from deportation.

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.

Citing data from the Department of Homeland Security and the Migration Policy Institute, the Washington Post reported that there are 1.9 million «removable criminal aliens» in the U.S., a category that includes any non-citizens with a criminal conviction — both legal residents and undocumented immigrants.

For the uninitiated, this is legal tussle that stems from Trump's «rapists» comments about undocumented immigrants from Mexico, following which Univision terminated its contractual relationship (including television broadcast obligations) with the Trump - backed Miss Universe Organization.

Polis hopes to increase the number of EB - 5 Regional Center Program visas — for foreign investors or entrepreneurs that create at least five jobs for U.S. citizens or legal immigrants — to 10,000 from 3,000; and create a new class of eligibility called Startup Visas.

Legal ethicists Thomas and Mary Shaffer, however, have convincingly demonstrated that two quite different ethical systems were operating side - by - side in the profession: an «old WASP» or «gentlemen's» ethic among small - town and establishment lawyers, and an «old world» ethic among lawyers from communities formed by immigrants from Ireland, Italy, Poland, and Eastern Europe.

Surely, while that which Scaperlanda could quote was interesting and helped make his point, the American economy and the number of immigrants, legal and otherwise, is much different from the 1997 analysis from the National Research Council.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio proposed an $ 84.86 billion executive budget that includes funding for the beginnings of a pre-K expansion, legal services for undocumented immigrants and more even as the city grapples with the potential of federal budget cuts from Trump.

Democratic lawmakers have signaled plans to back a variety of Trump - countering moves in the state, including providing legal assistance to immigrants who are impacted by the federal government's three - month ban on travel from seven predominantly Muslim countries.

The U.S. Supreme Court refused to bypass the federal circuit courts in the legal dispute over the Trump administration's cancellation of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, meaning that young immigrants known as Dreamers will be able to continue renewing their legal protections from deportation, at least for the time being.

The ad is funded by the group New Yorkers United Together, a nonprofit that says in the ad that it will provide legal aid to immigrants facing threats of deportation from the federal government.

In response to «housing discrimination and attacks from Washington on immigrants,» NYS Senator Jose Peralta and CUNY School of Law's Community Legal Resources Network announced on May 10 the re-launching of free legal assistance services for immigran MoLegal Resources Network announced on May 10 the re-launching of free legal assistance services for immigran Molegal assistance services for immigran More...

The latter were given a general amnesty in 2005, making them legal residents and benefiting around 700,000 immigrants, mainly from Latin America, Eastern Europe, and Africa.

However, it can be easily used to distinguish citizens from legal immigrants.

Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito offered a curt retort today to two Staten Island Republicans preparing legal action against the city over its plan to flush municipal identification records and to shield undocumented immigrants from President - elect Donald Trump: «go ahead and sue us.»

The second bill is likely to be much more narrow that the Goodlatte bill, which addresses a several legal immigration policies in addition to providing for a renewal process for young undocumented immigrants who have temporary relief from deportation through the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

When asked about what the legislature has done to protect New Yorkers from the policies of Donald Trump, both Cuomo's office and a spokesperson for the IDC pointed to the $ 10 million set aside in the budget for an immigrant defense fund to ensure that undocumented immigrants have access to legal representation.

NYC Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito offered a curt retort to two Staten Island Republicans preparing legal action against the city over its plan to flush municipal identification records and to shield undocumented immigrants from Trump: «Go ahead and sue us.»

«ICE's unfettered presence in local courts undermines our legal system and deters immigrants and other New Yorkers from seeking justice.

While she strongly praised the immigration action from the president — which will allow some 5 million undocumented immigrants to apply for legal status and avoid deportation — she said it does not mean New York City's work is done.

On the eve of Trump's inauguration, state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman offered legal advice to local governments that follow so - called «sanctuary» policies that could shield undocumented immigrants from deportation by federal authorities.

«The legal guidance and model policies my office released today give local governments the tools they need to protect immigrant communities from any over-reach by federal agencies.

Lawyers from the Central American Refugee Center, a Long Island immigrant legal services organization commonly known as Carecen, and the Hofstra Law Clinic filed suit against Nassau County in state Supreme Court, saying that the county police department was cooperating with ICE in ways that break state law.

Does that mean that a legal immigrant has standing to challenge various «amnesty» type actions by federal government that unfairly removes those costs from illegal immigrants?

During his weekly «Ask the Mayor» segment, WNYC's Brian Lehrer highlighted several of de Blasio's left - wing headaches, including the language City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito inserted into the city budget requiring the $ 26 million program to provide legal services to undocumented immigrants facing deportation not exclude those found guilty of violent crimes — in defiance of de Blasio's declaration that foreign nationals convicted of rape, murder or terrorism should not benefit from city funds.

He has vowed to take legal action to protect the city's status as a so - called «sanctuary city» for undocumented immigrants and Trump's executive orders barring entry to people from Muslim - majority countries.

On Tuesday, the City Council inserted a provision that allows even those convicted of serious crimes to benefit from $ 26 million earmarked for the legal defense of immigrants in deportation proceedings.

SENATOR KLEIN HOLDS KNOW YOUR RIGHTS FORUM FOR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES Panel of legal experts will field immigration questions from concerned Muslim community members Bronx, NY — Senator Jeff Klein (D - Bronx / Westchester), Assemblyman Mark Gjonaj (D - Bronx) and Councilman Ritchie Torres (D - Bronx), joined -LSB-...]

The teen and his mother had been receiving legal assistance from Neighbors Link, a Mount Kisco - based immigrant support group, and the New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC).

«The New York Immigrant Family Unity Project protects New Yorkers who have a legal right to stay in the United States from being unjustly torn from their families and our communities.

«Northern Manhattan Coalition for Immigrants Rights receives hundreds of calls a day from immigrants seeking much needed, trustworthy legal aImmigrants Rights receives hundreds of calls a day from immigrants seeking much needed, trustworthy legal aimmigrants seeking much needed, trustworthy legal assistance.

On the eve of Donald Trump's inauguration, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman offered legal advice to local governments that follow so - called «sanctuary» policies that could shield undocumented immigrants from deportation by federal authorities.

Angela Fernandez, executive director of the Northern Manhattan Coalition for Immigrant Rights, said her organization has received hundreds of calls a day from immigrants seeking legal assistance.

As the Trump administration announced Tuesday the rescinding of DACA, the Obama - era program that protected children of undocumented immigrants from being deported, thousands of recipients have been left unsure of their futures and legal teams have already began questioning the president's action.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening February 27, 2009 BIG BUDGET FILMS Crossing Over (R for sexuality, nudity, graphic violence and pervasive profanity) «Crash» - like ensemble drama chronicles the clash of cultures in L.A. resulting from the flood of immigrants attempting to attain legal status in the U.S. Cast includes Harrison Ford, Ray Liotta, Ashley Judd and Alice Braga.

Bersin, Colvin tells us, the son of «Russian immigrants» (better described as Eastern European Jews) in Brooklyn, had «benefited from a rigorous public school education» (though there is no mention of his attending one of New York City's examination high schools); gone on to Harvard, Oxford (as a Rhodes Scholar, in the same class as Bill Clinton), and Yale Law School; and enjoyed a successful legal career culminating in service as the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of California.

Huntington is right to argue that our legal and political system, and in large measure our culture, were defined by the original settlers from England, not by later immigrants.

(Texas draws more legal and illegal immigrants from other states than from across the border.)

From paying for college to obtaining legal status, there are many hurdles that new immigrants must overcome.

But now, for the first time in over a century, Chinatown's core population may be shifting away from recent immigrants, according to a report from the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund published in 2013.

Converting undocumented immigrants to legal residents will increase yearly local and state tax revenue from $ 11.73 billion to $ 13.91 billion.

Founded in 2011 as a partnership between artist Tania Bruguera and the Queens Museum, with support from Creative Time, the project, inspired by Bruguera's notion of arte util, and the Queens Museum's interest in addressing the pressing needs and unique potential of Corona's immigrant residents, offers comprehensive educational programming, health, and legal services at no cost.

Despite these threats, the Immigrant Legal Resource Center found that sanctuary protections were strengthened across 410 localities and five states in 2017, restricting the use of their agencies» time, money, or other resources from being spent on federal immigration enforcement efforts.

From opposite U.S. coasts come disturbingly parallel stories of immigration lawyers allegedly resorting to fraud to win legal residency for untold numbers of undocumented immigrants.