Sentences with phrase «limited immigration legislation»
We appreciate that even limited immigration legislation like DACA is complex, controversial and even difficult.
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Earlier this week, I went to a small town about 40 minutes east of where I live to speak on behalf of the immigrant community in the hopes that the city council wouldn't vote to oppose SB 54 (California's major piece of legislation that creates real limits on state and municipal law enforcement from being used for immigration enforcement).
NYC Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito is calling on Cuomo and Albany leadership to pass legislation that would limit New York's involvement in federal immigration enforcement during the rumored special session this year to stave off Trump's mass deportation plans.
Mark - Viverito, a native of Puerto Rico, has called on the state to adopt legislation similar to a bill recently introduced in California known as the California Values Act — which has bipartisan support — would establish a statewide policy that recognizes immigrants as «valuable and essential members of the California community» and would limit the state's participation in federal immigration law enforcement.
City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito is calling on Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Albany leadership to pass legislation that would limit New York's involvement in federal immigration enforcement during the rumored special session this year to stave off President - elect Donald Trump's mass deportation plans.
«I'm opposed to this act because it puts public safety at risk,» the county executive said, explaining the legislation would put the county at odds with the federal government, and would ultimately dub Westchester as a «sanctuary» county for undocumented immigrant; one that limits its cooperation with the national government's effort to enforce immigration law.