Sentences with phrase «minority immigrant groups»

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Children of immigrants from nearly all visible minority groups earn less than their Canadian - born peers.

You would think it would be a hard sell given the fact that the real estate mogul and reality star has boasted about his extramarital affairs, profited off casinos and strip clubs, said he doesn't need to ask God for forgiveness, called for targeting innocent civilians in war, mocked a reporter with a disability, threatened the religious liberty of minority groups in the U.S., and gained wide support among white nationalists for consistently lying about and demeaning blacks, Mexican immigrants, Muslims, and Syrian refugees.

that minimizes the historical suffering of women and minority groups in this country, 2) an overwrought persecution complex that confuses sharing civil rights with others with being persecuted by them, and 3) a persistent fear of the perceived «other» — Muslims, LGBT people, immigrants, refugees, etc. — that results in culture wars meant to «take back» the public square.

A recent study of Hispanic churches revealed a consistent pattern among this group (the largest of America's minority groups, one continually replenished by immigrants): Hispanics, whether Catholic or Protestant, tend to be conservative on issues of sexual morality but liberal on issues of the economy and minority rights.

If one were to discount ethnic minorities and immigrant groups then that figure would doubtlessly be considerably higher.

Funding for a star - studded YouTube video — featuring Cuomo vowing to protect minority groups and immigrants from the Trump administration — remains shrouded in secrecy, with its $ 30,000 in production costs still not paid for.

«This is of particular importance when the civil liberties of minority groups are threatened, as they are now by the repressive actions being taken by the Trump administration against LGBT people, women, religious and ethnic minorities, and immigrants.»

The groups noted that for more than 20 years, broken windows enforcement — which targets smaller crimes to stave off larger ones — has disproportionately affected the poor and homeless and minorities, street vendors, subway performers, young people and LGBTQ and immigrant New Yorkers.

A group of angry illegal immigrants disrupted House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's press conference today and chanted that Democrats are a «deportation machine» that must help push for legal protections for 11 million people who are now living illegally in the country.

The party was still seen as being for «the poor, benefit claimants, immigrants and minority groups», Mr Lewis said, in what will be seen as a plea for a more Blairite agenda.»

According to the EUA report, although nearly 80 % of European higher education institutions have a policy in place to support students with disabilities and 69 % to support socioeconomically disadvantaged students, less than one - quarter have specific policies for ethnic minority groups and immigrants.

Democrats prodded Ross on whether Census officials are doing enough to contact groups traditionally undercounted — including the poor and homeless, minorities, those in rural areas, and immigrants — and complained that budget woes have already forced cancellation of the communications and community outreach component of next spring's dress rehearsal.

Approximately three - fourths of the students are minority - group members, and many are recent immigrants.

Students in the latter group are more likely than their peers to have lower family incomes and education levels, be members of ethnic minorities, or come from immigrant families.

Perhaps our problem is the number of students, compared with those in Europe, who come from immigrant and non-English-speaking homes and the number who come from minority groups still suffering the consequences of various kinds of deprivation.

Two arguments were advanced for targeting low - income, minority, and immigrant groups in racially and economically isolated charter schools: the need to maximize bang for the educational buck, and the belief that the special needs of these communities could be better addressed in concentrated settings.

We favor investments that generate positive impacts for people and communities in need, with a special focus on vulnerable groups, including low - income populations, minorities, and immigrants.

«Because the justice gap disproportionately affects women, immigrants, minorities,» Sonday feels strongly that «those groups should have influence into the tech solutions that we are building and have their voices heard because they are so close to these issues.»

Furthermore, it was likely that identifiable minorities, including First Nations people, immigrants, and the disabled, were over-represented among this group and therefore disproportionately affected by the imposition of hearing fees.

First, language barriers faced by different groups (Indigenous people, Francophone minorities outside Québec, Anglophones in Québec and immigrants) are a significant component of the access to justice problems.

For the last ten years my research at Emory has focused on clinical studies through my pro bono work as a human rights attorney, representing immigrants and low income disenfranchised minority groups, and over the last six years as a part - time magistrate judge engaged in presiding over and supervising therapeutic criminal diversion programs designed to redress the traumatization of socially and economically marginalized minority young adults, whose socioeconomic condition contributed to their criminalization.

Several studies have underlined the importance of finding ways to retain ethnic minorities and immigrants and to make the parenting programmes more attractive and effective.11 42 — 44 The group leaders were bilingual and were familiar with both Somali and Swedish cultures, which were strengths as nothing was «lost in translation».

I also specialize in working with immigrant and minority groups (South Asian, Asian, African - American, Latino, bi / multiracial individuals) who are dealing with a multitude of concerns, including individual development and identity, and parenting.»

Permanency for specific populations Provides resources regarding permanency for youth, children and youth from minority groups, children and youth with disabilities, and immigrant children and youth

Chinese adolescent immigrants from the People's Republic of China (P.R.C.) are a rapidly growing and understudied group of minority youth.

We use the term immigrant ethnic minorities to refer to those with a history of migration and are part of an ethnic of racial minority group in the country that they live in.

Specific results of analyses on (an) immigrant ethnic minority group had to be given, although results presented from other populations were no reason for exclusion.

The third block referred to ethnic minorities with terms like: «Emigrants and Immigrants», «Ethnic Groups», «Minority».

Problems with construct validity across immigrant ethnic minority groups may occur when there are different perceptions of meanings of an item.

Although we acknowledge the differences between racial and ethnic minority groups, for better readability we use the term immigrant ethnic minority youth throughout this paper.

Thanks to strong demand from young, minority, and immigrant households — groups that helped boost first - time buyers to more than 40 percent of sales last year — the housing market was robust even as the broader economy remained sluggish.