Sentences with phrase «many immigrant children»

He said having shelters in Massachusetts would have no impact on town budgets and when an immigrant child moves into a community, he said, «it's just as if your cousin moved to town.»

Immigrant children typically show extraordinary upward mobility, in terms of income, occupation and education.

But they're born in the U.S. and, Roberts continues, are learning English at the same rate as Asian immigrant children.

Separating immigrant children from their parents.

Early in the century «day nurseries» were provided for immigrant children, and day - care centers sprang up during both world wars to accommodate the children of women working to support the war efforts.

Let me guess — the RCC will offer all these immigrant children special scholarships to attend Catholic school too.

From Steve King's comments about unauthorized immigrant children to Donald Trump's promises of mass deportations, it can seem that our politics is forcing us to choose between the foreign and native - born members of our working - class.

Be afraid of money, be afraid of losing «the fire», be afraid of education, be afraid of theology, be afraid of growth and change, be afraid of gay and lesbian people, be afraid of art and science, be afraid of television, be afraid of artists, be afraid of reading books, be afraid of the news, be afraid of Islam, be afraid of the President, be afraid of the UN, be afraid of immigrant children, be afraid of other churches, be afraid of the Pope, be afraid of socialism, be afraid of the government, be afraid of the world, be afraid be afraid be afraid.

There is a reason that African immigrant child are starting to score as high in grades and apt «itude test.

Catholic schools have kept generations of immigrant children in the bosom of the Church while helping to lift them to economic success.

Finally, consider the militarization of our society's response to recent racialized conflict: From tear - gassed protesters and check points on Ferguson thruways to calls for a militarized response to immigrant children fleeing oppression in neighboring countries.

The media has been reporting extensively on what the Southern Poverty Law Center's Teaching Tolerance project has dubbed the «Trump Effect»: the fear and anxiety which the President - elect's campaign rhetoric - and his policy pronouncements, especially regarding immigrants and Muslims - appears to be engendering among Latino, Hispanic, African - American, and Muslim children, immigrant children, and children of immigrants, and the bullying, intimidation, slurs, and threats which appear to be increasingly directed at them.

Most will help immigrant children adjust to American society and culture.

1998 FRAC joins other anti-hunger and immigrant groups in leading the successful drive to reverse a 1996 law and restore food stamp benefits to one - quarter of a million immigrant children, seniors, and refugees.

For example, how do immigrant children fare when faced with a new social context to which their fathers» cultural values and behaviours must be adapted?

Gan - aged, immigrant children still have plenty of time to become fully bilingual.

But we must ensure that ESL classes are increased for immigrant children so they can learn in their native language.

All three said they would support the Dream Act to allow illegal immigrant children to stay in the country, under certain conditions.

It is time for New York to join other states by further extending a helping hand to immigrant children who arrived in New York through circumstances beyond their control, yet who share the same hopes, aspirations and potential of their counterparts.

Too many minority and immigrant children don't have the services like after school and ESL that they need.

As Riker's Island became empty of criminals, we could repurpose it as a sanctuary for homeless families or undocumented immigrant children.

Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner at a community meeting about housing Central American immigrant children entering the United States.

The Army base is reportedly being considered to house hundreds of Central American immigrant children under a government program as soon as August

«Today, no battle is more important to me,» said Linares, who has served as New York City's Immigrant Affairs Commissioner, «than the fight to make a college education possible for all immigrant children by passing the Dream Act in New York.»

How is the problem of Latin American immigration and the recent wave of immigrant children seen by two spokespersons for the region?

Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito declared today that an initiative launched last year to guarantee legal representation to all of the undocumented immigrant children inundating the city has been a success — and has already obtained asylum for more than a dozen youth lacking proper paperwork.

The site is a location federal officials have looked at as a potential place to house some of the immigrant children flooding across the border from Central America in recent months.

Syracuse could be a potential landing spot for unaccompanied immigrant children who've been crossing the Mexican border in droves in recent months.

The present analysis has therefore reduced the CPS imputed Medicaid costs for immigrant children in the Medicaid and CHIP programs by 50 percent in the «current law» analysis.

These differences are likely to diminish after amnesty; therefore, immigrant children were assumed to use 25 percent less medical service per beneficiary during the interim period and 20 percent less during the full amnesty period when compared to non-immigrants.

The Hempstead Union Free School District, under scrutiny for failing to enroll more than 30 immigrant children at the start of the school year, has until today to provide the state attorney general's office with alleged «wait - lists» created for these students.

(He noted that he was not comfortable paraphrasing the mayor's remarks, but after Republicans won control over the State Senate, the mayor told reporters he will still try to achieve his left - leaning goals, such as increasing the minimum wage in New York City above the state level and passing the DREAM Act, which provides tuition assistance for immigrant children.)

Zeldin attributed his win to growing dissatisfaction with the direction of the country, naming ISIS and unaccompanied immigrant children as two main woes.

It looks like a good first step towards helping immigrant children attend college, without costing the taxpayers any money.

Carranza's priorities rang familiar to New Yorkers Monday as he stressed lower reliance on testing, a focus on social services, LGBTQ rights, support for immigrant children and closing racial achievement gaps.

City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito called on New York City to follow Syracuse's footsteps and offer shelter to some of the unaccompanied, undocumented immigrant children flooding into the country as they flee violence in Central America.

In 2007, 59 percent of parents of immigrant children hailed from Mexico and other Latin American countries.

The final report, commenting on the differences and similarities across the board — from the salaries of science teachers to the education of handicapped and immigrant children — will be available in the summer.

«This points to two possible explanations: There are protective measures we don't see, such as resilience, or we're not asking the right questions that address adverse experiences specific to immigrant children such as fear of deportation of separation,» says Tania Caballero, M.D., M.H.S., a pediatrics research and clinical fellow at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the paper's first author.

In the study, 292 first - generation immigrant children who attended eight high - poverty, urban elementary schools in Boston took part in the intervention, called City Connects, in the early 2000s.

In a new longitudinal study, first - generation immigrant children who took part in a community - based intervention had higher scores on math and reading tests than their first - generation immigrant peers who did not participate in the program.

Furthermore, immigrant children who were learning English and participated in the intervention had achievement scores on those state tests that were nearly as high as the achievement scores of classmates who were proficient in English.

Immigrant children are at risk for poor school achievement, particularly when they are from low - income families.

The comparison group included 375 first - generation immigrant children of similar racial / ethnic backgrounds and socioeconomic status who attended the same schools before the intervention was implemented.

In Oracle, Ariz., on Tuesday, protesters gather near the entrance to a juvenile facility in an effort to stop the arrival of a busload of Central American immigrant children.

In the early 1900s, schools were expected to «Americanize» immigrant children, so that as adults they would become loyal, productive citizens.

Some will argue for a highly specialized program, curriculum, and staffing to educate Hispanic immigrant children.

Ours are not Hispanic schools; they are classic American schools, which serve all its students, including Hispanic immigrant children.

At the Askwith Forum, «Learning to be a Citizen: Civic Education and Immigration in the U.S.,» on Tuesday, March 14, participants discussed the political socialization of immigrant children, the expansion of opportunities, and how much priority should be put on civic education.

However, high hopes and high expectations for immigrant children often run headlong into hard realities in the educational system.