Sentences with phrase «new immigrant groups»

Moreover, historical incidents involving new immigrant groups have transpired without the kind of acknowledgment or monumentalizing of atrocities (i.e. erecting monuments or holding services) that we have seen occur in the U.S. or in Western Europe.

Not exact matches

Canada is a nation of immigrants, and a new report from the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) suggests that there are plenty of workers in other countries who would like to join in.

Agencies also provide a crucial stepping stone into the job market for groups that tend to have trouble finding their first jobs, such as young workers and new immigrants.

«The Trump administration has made very clear that they've declared war on the immigrant community on all levels,» said Javier Valdez, co-executive director of the advocacy group Make the Road New York.

In Washington state, a group of plaintiffs applying for immigrant visas asked U.S. District Judge James Robart in Seattle — who suspended the first ban — to stop the new order.

After the rallies, immigrant rights groups will join LGBTQ, African - American and women's organizations this summer to push for the election of new leaders, Salas said, adding that they hope to see more support from Americans who aren't immigrants.

A 2014 study by the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), a group that promotes tougher immigration laws, concluded that in New Hampshire the vast majority of job creation went to immigrants and not to native residents.

She said she doesn't want any groups of students or young workers unintentionally left behind by whatever changes the Liberals ultimately decide upon, but suggested that future changes would look to target vulnerable populations like indigenous youth and new immigrants, who have a harder time accessing the job market.

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In focus groups arranged to test messages for the 2014 midterms, these voters responded to calls for building a new wall to block the entry of illegal immigrants, to reforms intended to «drain the swamp» of Washington's entrenched political community and to thinly veiled forms of racism toward African Americans called «race realism,» he recounted.

These new immigrants are a largely elite group: They hold degrees from well - regarded British universities, have permission to reside in the country, and hail from relatively wealthy families.

Unlike the marginalization experienced by earlier generations of Chinese immigrants, this new group integrates more fully into mainstream British society.

Figure 2 groups immigrants into three periods: the «Great Wave» of immigrants who came before 1930 (32 million), the «Small Wave» who entered during the period of limited immigration from 1930 to 1975 (9 million), and the «New Wave» who entered after 1975 (34 million).

It also shows the most recent group of new immigrants from 2012 to 2016.

Once this congregation was group of German immigrants living in what was then farmland across the river from New York City» that was over a hundred years ago» and the primary goal seemed simply to keep the struggling congregation from folding, at another time the chief task seemed racial integration, at another outreach into the community, at another service to the community and social action, at another learning to worship God in Spanish.

Many from each group wonder about what millions of new immigrants will do our economy, our schools, our hospitals, and our welfare system.

Their ships buffeted by a tremendous storm at sea, the Trojan company has made it to shore on the coast of North Africa, where the new colony of Carthage is being founded by a group of immigrants from Tyre and their queen, Dido.

One husband in this group (Sanjay, an Indian immigrant) did portray secular marriage counseling in a negative light, using very similar language to that used by New Jersey husbands: «I have talked to [Hindu] priests.

The money will be awarded to the groups through the state's Office of New Americans and can be put toward immigrant defense services that would prevent deportation, green card application processing as well as job assistance.

«If somebody thinks that donating to community groups that fight for communities of color and immigrants is corruption than they are obviously not paying attention to New York politics,» she said.

«The statue of Christopher Columbus represents the Italian immigrants» voyage to New York City at a time when the group faced rampant discrimination.

But their distinctive experience among the groups who came to the US in this period speaks to today's debates about immigration — and especially to the ways immigrants integrate into new societies.

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.

A day earlier, Cuomo addressed a group of union workers and said he was «raised by poor immigrants from South Jamaica,» a neighborhood in Queens, New York.

Senator Andrea Stewart - Cousins will hosted the rally in partnership with other elected officials and community groups throughout Westchester County including the Immigration Justice Clinic at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, the Lower Hudson Valley Chapter of the New York Civil Liberties Union, Cabrini Immigrant Services, Community Voices Heard, the Yonkers Islamic Center, the Muslim American Society of Upper New York, St. Catherine AME Zion Church, Calvary Baptist Church, the Minister's Fellowship Council of White Plains and Vicinity, the Westchester Black Women's Political Caucus, and Temple Beth Shalom in Hastings - on - Hudson.

As New York State budget talks reach their final days, and perhaps even hours, a group of Hispanic lawmakers is pushing for the inclusion of the Dream Act in the budget, It would offer college aid to children of undocumented immigrants who were born in the country.

The group works to train recent immigrants for civic leadership opportunities, and Ms. Mark - Viverito said her speech would focus on immigration and «some of the great work we're doing here» in New York.

Immigrant organizing group Make the Road Action echoed Lipton's assertion that the New York State GOP is «is of the same ilk» as Donald Trump.

The New York Immigration Coalition organized the march, which was sponsored by 85 organizations representing immigrant rights and advocacy, legal services, labor, faith, civil rights, LGBTQI, women's rights and anti-violence groups.

«If somebody thinks that donating to community groups that fight for communities of color and immigrants is corruption then they are obviously not paying attention to New York politics,» Nixon said.

At noon, officials from immigrant advocacy groups that support the New York Immigration Coalition's «New Yorkers for Real Immigration Reform» campaign hold a news conference to discuss the U.S. Senate's vote yesterday to approve legislation that would overhaul federal immigration laws; 12th floor, 137 - 139 W. 25th St., Manhattan.

At 5 p.m., he New York chapter of the Council on American - Islamic Relations, a leading advocacy group for the civil rights of Muslims, will hold a press conference with other groups in response to Trump's expected announcement of new restrictions targeting Muslim immigrants, Washington Square Park Arch, ManhattNew York chapter of the Council on American - Islamic Relations, a leading advocacy group for the civil rights of Muslims, will hold a press conference with other groups in response to Trump's expected announcement of new restrictions targeting Muslim immigrants, Washington Square Park Arch, Manhattnew restrictions targeting Muslim immigrants, Washington Square Park Arch, Manhattan.

At 6 p.m., Sen. Marisol Alcántara holds an immigration town hall with Rep. Adriano Espaillat, Assemblywoman Carmen De La Rosa, NYC Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez, New York Legal Assistance Group, Northern Manhattan Coalition for Immigrant Rights, LatinoJustice and MFY Legal Services, P.S. 48, 4360 Broadway, Manhattan.

Citizen Action was joined by union - backed groups like the Alliance for Quality Education and Strong Economy for All, as well as Make the Road New York, which has pushed for the Dream Act that would allow tuition assistance for illegal immigrants or their children.

Steve Choi, president of the New York Immigration Coalition, a prominent immigrant advocacy group that has hosted a number of actions in response to Trump's immigration policies such as the executive orders targeting people from Muslim - majority countries, said that as a state legislator, Schneiderman was an early supporter of driver's licenses for undocumented 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.

Zephyr Teachout, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's primary challenger last year, backed Mr. Najmi, as well as the Make the Road Action Fund, the campaign arm of the immigrant rights group Make the Road New York.

In focus groups arranged to test messages for the 2014 midterms, these voters responded to calls for building a new wall to block the entry of illegal immigrants, to reforms intended to «drain the swamp» of Washington's entrenched political community and to thinly veiled forms of racism toward African Americans called «race realism,» he recounted.

New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC): An umbrella policy and advocacy organization of more than 200 immigrant and refugee rights groups across New York State, NYIC has fought alongside the UFT for a more just and humane immigration policy and against anti-immigrant legislation like Arizona's SB 1070.

The rally was co-sponsored by members of the Let NY Vote coalition, which includes over thirty organizations, nonprofits, and labor unions, including Common Cause / NY, Public Citizen, New York State United Teachers, SEIU 32BJ, RWDSU, CWA District 1, as well as the statewide NAACP and the National Action Network, grassroots organizations, faith groups, civil liberties, reproductive and immigrant rights, criminal justice and re-entry groups, New American, and the LGBTQ community.

After receiving an endorsement from what some consider New York's most powerful labor group, SEIU Local 1199, and and immigrants» rights group, the former secretary of state said this office would build on what President Barack Obama has done with immigration.

For over a decade, advocacy groups and supporters of a bill to allow undocumented immigrants to obtain driver's licenses in New York have persistently been showing their support.

On April 18, 2018, advocacy groups protested for the Driver License Access and Privacy Act, which would allow undocumented immigrants to obtain driver's licenses in New York and would also protect their information to prevent putting them at risk for deportation.

It should be celebrated,» said Jose Lopez, of the immigrant advocacy groups Make the Road New York and Communities United for Police Reform.

The Department of Justice sternly warned a group of major cities — including New York — that they remain in violation of federal law by adopting so - called «sanctuary city» policies that shield undocumented immigrants from being reported to the feds.

Also at 11:30 a.m., groups representing immigrants will join with labor leaders and elected officials to urge New Yorkers to vote «no» on Nov. 7 on the ballot question that calls for a state constitutional convention, UFT headquarters, 52 Broadway, Manhattan.

Make the Road New York, an immigrant rights group that has focused on the Dream Act, released a statement from Claritza Suarez, a Long Island high school sophomore who hopes to receive funds from the state to attend college.

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 Judson Church demonstration, organized by the New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC), convened immigrants, advocacy groups and clergy members, who urged the Supreme Court to proceed with the DACA / DAPA case and help eliminate the fear of deportation for millions of people.

Make The Road New York, an immigrant advocacy group, SEIU 32BJ, the UFT and the Working Families Party, organizations endorsing Salamanca, are also clients of his campaign consultant, Red Horse Strategies.