Sentences with phrase «made about immigrants»

The network has severed ties with controversial businessman Donald Trump, TV host and presidential candidate following comments he made about immigrants to the U.S. at a recent campaign speech:

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That makes Serta the latest in a string of companies to severe ties with real estate mogul and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump after he made derogatory comments about Mexican immigrants during his campaign announcement speech last week.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) boss Thomas Homan made «false» statements about a North California raid on immigrants, according to James Schwab, who resigned as an ICE spokesperson because he did «not want to perpetuate misleading facts.»

Doesn't it take about 12 years for immigrants to start making a positive contribution the Canadian economy?

Pressing the issue further, Ms. Pelosi and the next two highest - ranking House Democrats sent a letter to Mr. Ryan noting their desire for the government to remain open and imploring him to make a public statement about the scheduling of a vote on legislation to protect young undocumented immigrants who are now shielded from deportation by the Obama - era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA.

Yet their minister, in making a pastoral call, had the gall to inquire about her silence, failing to see that this Dutch immigrant mother was a latter - day Rachel, refusing to be comforted by anyone but God — and perhaps not even by him.

Catholic churches in America tend to be more unified, since Pope Francis has made his feelings about immigrants pretty clear (as you might expect, he likes them).

Liuan Huska wrote an excellent piece for Her.Meneutics about how her Spanish - speaking immigrant church treats childcare as a community calling, especially considering the fact that many of the mothers and fathers in that community are working hard just to make ends meet.

What does it say about us when we make much ado about gay marriage, but neglect the needs of the immigrant population?

Ted Cruz made a statement to Fox News» Bill O'Reilly about actively looking for illegal immigrants to deport.

The first time I tasted Oaxacan Black Molé (Molé Negro) was about 30 years ago when I had the privilege of eating Molé Negro Chicken made by a Oaxacan immigrant.

Cuomo added the comments, in which Trump complained about immigrants from «shitthole» countries arriving in the United States, as undermining his campaign slogan of making American great again.

The seeds of the current crisis were sown generations ago in the failure of politicians and intellectuals to address the legacy of the British Empire and to speak positively about the contribution that immigrants make to the country.

I seem to recall Labour ministers (especially John Reid and Hazel Blears) spent large amounts of time in the last government desperately trying to look tough on immigrants, shaking up border control repeatedly, and posturing about how those naughty immigrants must be made to integrate.

Ukip leader Nigel Farage has blamed tiredness for comments he made during a bad - tempered interview about Romanian immigrants.

«For the past year - and - a-half, Gov. Cuomo has had some excellent rhetoric, and has made really remarkable statements talking about the importance of immigrants to New York State, but we need to see more in terms of the state budget,» said Steven Choi, executive director of the New York Immigration Coalition.

First, whilst I don't think anybody is seriously in doubt that immigrants have made an enormous contribution to this country, people, including migrants themselves, quite rightly expect to have their legitimate concerns about immigration taken seriously.

The deadly shooting of two immigrants from India in Kansas, which is being investigated as a possible hate crime, has raised new alarms about a climate of hostility toward foreigners in the U.S., where Trump has made clamping down on immigration a central plank of his «America first» agenda.

A survey released by the Immigrant Defense Project found about 60 arrests or attempted arrests were made in New York courts this year, with eight in Brooklyn.

Already in elected office, he has been vocal about supporting immigrant rights, investing in schools, and making affordable housing more accessible, which are predominant issues in District 21.

To avoid a situation in which only undocumented immigrants apply for the card, which could create a stigma and make some unwary about the I.D.s, Mr. de Blasio's administration has rolled out many perks for all New Yorkers who sign up — including yearlong memberships to cultural institutions like the Bronx Zoo and access to all three of the city's public library systems.

The governor also made statements about protecting immigrant and abortion rights, raising the age of criminal responsibility and, in his State of the State book, rolling back the state's marijuana laws.

«Treating taxis — who have paid into the system and should be exempted from additional charges — the same way as those responsible for the problem makes no public policy sense because it won't reduce congestion,» said Nino Hervias, a spokesman for the Taxi Medallion Owner Driver Association, which represents about 1,500 individual taxi owners, most of whom are immigrants.

Ms. Mark - Viverito said she recently spoke with Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York, a Democrat, to express disappointment about the failure to enact the Dream Act, a measure making state tuition benefits available to certain undocumented immigrants, as part of the latest state budget.

Does it make you feel any better, vis - a-vis the redeeming qualities of humanity, to know that the «on - the - street» interviews in the beginning were actual candid interviews in Johannesburg with people being asked about the real - life immigrant / refugee situation in South Africa?

This inventive, episodic indie about a Senegalese immigrant employed as a Seattle bike cop suggested interesting things to come from Devor, who proceeded to make an avant - garde docudrama about a man fucked to death by a horse.

But scratch that familiar surface and the evening was one that quietly made history, not only giving us the first Best Picture winner featuring a woman's love affair with a fish, but also a Best Picture from a Mexican immigrant about a black woman, gay man and a disabled woman all teaming up to fight the real monster: white male tyranny.

Baker lives around the corner from Donut Time and, having made films about other disenfranchised groups — Chinese immigrant food delivery men in «Take Out,» Manhattan street hustlers in «Prince of Broadway» and down - and - out porn actors in «Starlet» — he was curious about his own neighborhood.

It's a definite possibility, but probably more likely is another Fox Searchlight pickup: John Crowley's «Brooklyn,» an old fashioned love story about an Irish immigrant making her way through 1950's - era New York that has Oscar written all over it.

Saoirse Ronan is outstanding in this charming love story about a young Irish immigrant who has to make an agonising choice between heart and home

What fails about the exercise is the idea that Behrani and his family are made to be the noble image of the hard - working immigrant, that last bastion of the American Dream, and the memory of the values of a community unencumbered by a sense of entitlement.

After Donald Trump reportedly made ignorant - ass racist comments about not wanting immigrants from «shithole countries» — specifically Haiti and African countries — people from those places have some words for him.

The film is also about more than Bosnia: it's about the immigrant experience in general; it's about tolerance; it's about making a difference; it's about learning to make the best of what one has.

Racial tensions are heightened as a result of a president who continually makes reprehensible remarks about immigrants from nonwhite countries.

At a community action group comprised of Mexican immigrants, one woman explains of the terrible ordeal she and her daughters went through to get across the border, and her utter determination to make this new life for herself and her family speaks volumes about the significance of multi-cultural communities and building homes away from home.

They Are Not Like Us: Teaching About Biases Against Immigration This activity helps students explore xenophobic attitudes and the contributions immigrants have made to U.S. society.

Though some will disagree about whether immigrants made the American Catholic Church or the American Catholic Church made the immigrants, the 1884 decisions by the Bishops stand as the foundational documents of a school system that so prospered that, by 1965, it was educating one of every eight children in the United States.

As college tuition rates march upward, lawmakers in about a dozen states are divided over measures that would make it easier for undocumented immigrant students to qualify for in - state tuition rates.

Manning teaches English to newly arrived immigrants and refugees at Joel E. Ferris High School, where she uses experiential projects like map - making to help her students process trauma, celebrate their home countries and culture, and learn about their new community.

As most months, there was lots of great work being done, including stories about restorative justice, Betsy DeVos, schools that cut corners to make adults look good, and immigrant and refugee students:

Students read newspaper articles, diaries, and histories about immigrants» experiences followed by daily work in small groups on such tasks as filling in missing words, making word associations, and playing charades.

Her dissertation, entitled In Pursuit of Success: The Educational Identities and Decision - making of African Girls with Limited Formal Schooling utilized African feminism to examine how immigrant girls with limited formal schooling navigate American schools, and make decisions about college and marriage.

The daughter of Mexican immigrants, she said she was inspired by a newspaper article about the low high school graduation rates of Latinos and wanted to make a difference.

Whether writing about the adjustments of immigrants to a foreign land or the accommodations families make to the disruptive differences between generations, Divakaruni poignantly portrays the eternal struggle to find a balance between the pull of home and the allure of change.

But with (for example) a marvelous riff on the generic Chinese restaurant that exists at the edges of many towns in the Midwest, the novel makes clear that it is exploring a different sort of immigrant experience than we often read about — call it the Middle America Asian - American experience.

Papers, Please, jokingly referred to as a «bureaucratic simulator,» is a game about a border patrol officer in a totalitarian state who is forced to make life - and - death decisions regarding immigrants who wish to enter the country.

In the vault, Faga will create a market atmosphere with international spices on display, while the main gallery will be made to look and operate like a tourism office center where visitors can read, see, and learn about Syracuse's many offerings as a diverse city that is home to immigrants from around the world.

Made of wood and coated in newspaper stories about recent shipwrecks of boats transporting immigrants through the Mediterranean, the boat is named Lampedusa for the southern Italian island where many of these boats land.

Many people have expressed their concerns about the number of people coming in from the seven countries targeted by President Trump, but the truth is that visitors and immigrants from the countries listed only make up about 2 percent of all the foreign - born people currently residing in the United States.

Murillo Wondered How Artists Made Money: «I'd always thought that art was a no - go zone,» he says... talking about his immigrant adolescence in London, where he considered becoming an animator before finding fine art.