Sentences with phrase «new immigrant to this country»

A new immigrant to the country who has acquired a degree from another country should always have that degree accredited by an officially recognized organization or university in their new country.

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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.

It's even harder to build one as an immigrant, with limited resources and connections in a new country, but the results Nuvakhov and Levy have achieved are exceptional.

But I believe that newer immigrants from poorer countries are hardworking and not afraid of doing jobs that people here don't want to do.

When moving to a foreign country, willingness to master new skills and a different culture comes with the territory for immigrants.

Larger companies employing many H - 1B workers in the United States will pay an extra fee of $ 4,000 for each new H - 1B visa — up from $ 2,000 — and another $ 4,000 to move an H - 1B immigrant who is already in the country to a new employer.

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.

For example: Is our economy ruined because of immigrants coming to our country, or is it ruined because the companies who are supposed to be boosting our economy with new jobs are instead giving those jobs to cheaper labor that can be exploited for wages far less than minimum?

Often preservers are motivated by the impulse to honor those who sacrificed, whose immigrant lives were ennobled by the devotion they gave to a structure in the new country or by their ability to create a space in which tenors of life, which came in abundance, could be controlled.

The President's plan would broaden the eligibility requirements of a current policy that grants deferred action to immigrants who came into the country illegally as children (expanding it to reach about 300,000 new individuals), and, most significantly, would also give the same protection to immigrant parents who have children born in the U.S..

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His is a classic foreign basketball legend's tale: born to Greek immigrants in New Jersey, starred at Seton Hall in the late «70s, got drafted by the Celtics but never made the team, then moved to his parents» native country to dominate for over a decade and ignite a basketball explosion.

Cuomo, who has spoken out strongly for immigrants and against President Donald Trump's executive order banning travel from seven Muslim - majority countries, is not committing right now to support a bill to designate New York as a sanctuary state for immigrants.

Cuomo counsel Alphonso David said the hotline will be available to family and friends wishing to discretely alert state authorities of any immigrant returning to the New York from the seven countries in Trump's order.

Cuomo insisted New York remains a beacon for immigrants as the federal government moves to ban travel from seven Middle Eastern countries for three months and halt refugee travel for four months.

«The rash of attacks we have seen in the city and suburbs is clearly being fueled by the anti-immigration sentiment sweeping the country — particularly against immigrants of Hispanic origin — that began in Arizona with that state's discriminatory immigration laws,» said Espada, who came to New York form Puerto Rico at the age of five.

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.

• Stephen Phillips, another Conservative backbencher, has tabled amendments that would oblige the Home Office to report on whether allowing immigrants from any new countries joining the EU to come to the UK would lead to excessive immigration.

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo today dismissed Republican presidential candidate — and fellow Queens native — Donald Trump «s calls for a wall along the Mexican border to prevent rapists and drug - dealers from flooding the country as «offensive and low,» and contrary to New York's immigrant history.

An immigrant to this country, Officer Holder followed his father and grandfather's footsteps into public service, and represented the true spirit of what it means to be a New Yorker and American.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo (KWOH» - moh) and Attorney General Eric Schneiderman say New York will sue over President Donald Trump's decision to end a program protecting young immigrants brought into the country illegally as children.

In July, City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito commissioned an analysis on how much Trump's plans to deport undocumented immigrants and ban Muslims from entering the country would cost New York City.

He also promised to continue to enact the Dream Act, to offer college aid to children of immigrants in the country illegally, hold down the state's near highest in the nation property taxes, and to make New York's education system the best in the nation.

More than 220,000 immigrant New Yorkers will remain unable to benefit from Obama's immigration executive order, which would have protected millions of parents of U.S. citizens across the country from deportation and granted them work permits under a program known as as Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents, or DAPA.

While new biometric visas are already in place for immigrants from high - risk countries, I can confirm that within nine months, from March next year, we will extend biometric visas to all visa applicants.

At 5 a.m., Make the Road New York, immigrant youth and families from New York and Long Island depart for Washington, DC, to joint thousands from across the country in calling for the passage of» «a clean Dream Act.»

Also at 10 a.m., Queens Library President and CEO Dennis Walcott calls for a show of support for immigrant New Yorkers and to raise awareness about the programs and services the library offers to help them adapt to their new city and country, Queens Central Library, 89 - 11 Merrick Blvd., QueeNew Yorkers and to raise awareness about the programs and services the library offers to help them adapt to their new city and country, Queens Central Library, 89 - 11 Merrick Blvd., Queenew city and country, Queens Central Library, 89 - 11 Merrick Blvd., Queens.

In the weeks before and after the election of Trump, whose promise to deport millions of immigrants was a central theme of his campaign, the number of couples getting marriage licenses has surged in New York and other cities across the country, though there's no data to establish a direct correlation between the two.

-- «New York «League of Kitchens» gives immigrant cooks cash, confidence,» by Reuters» Leslie Gervitz: «The League of Kitchens initiative solves at least two problems: It provides talented, immigrant home cooks with cash and New York foodies with a chance to do more than just sit in the kitchen and listen to stories of the old country.

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.

They are no different from me or other immigrants who came to America for a better life and are now contributing to the country's economy and Western New York's renaissance,» said Hocoy.

During a speech in Youngstown, OH, Trump today laid out a broad framework for combating global Islamic terrorism, invoking the Cold War era to try new approaches to limiting the influx of immigrants into the country.

Governor Cuomo, who has spoken out strongly for immigrants and against President Trump's executive order banning travel from seven Muslim majority countries, is not committing right now to support a bill to designate New York as a sanctuary state for immigrants.

«While the federal government continues to disregard the needs of our immigrant communities, New York City will continue to defend the rights of every single person who came to this country to seek a better life.

More than 220,000 immigrant New Yorkers will remain unable to benefit from President Obama's immigration executive order, which would have protected millions of parents of U.S. citizens across the country from deportation and granted them work permits under a program known as as Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents, or DAPA.

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.

«Across New York, fraudulent service providers are making millions of dollars by ripping off immigrant communities for what they think are rushed or necessary applications for life - altering legal documents: green cards, entrance visas for family members, or the passports to leave and enter the country,» read the release.

New York State Senate Democratic Conference Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins responded to President Donald Trump's controversial language regarding immigrants and their countries of origin.

The New York Civil Liberties Union initially backed the card but withdrew its support over concerns that law enforcement would use the cards to gather information needed to deport immigrants who are in the country illegally.

Looked at as a group, immigrants to countries as diverse as the U.S., Australia, Germany and Canada live longer than their new native - born neighbors.

The new data also show how migration contributes to population growth and decline in different countries, featuring the population pyramids for native and immigrant populations, and showing population trends with and without migration up to 2050.

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Through seemingly throwaway details such as these, Ahn manages to paint a picture both of David's slow realization of his own sexuality and how the children of immigrants tend to adapt to the (also changing) mores of their parents» new home country.

His new book, A Nation of Nations: A Great American Immigration Story (Simon & Schuster), recounts the impact on America of the 1965 Immigration Act, which officially opened the country's doors to immigrants of color.

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Following young Irish immigrant Eilis Lacey (Ronan) as she navigates 1950's Brooklyn, finds new love, and is forced to choose between two countries.

Students proposed projects like comparing immigration in different eras, and exploring code switching — the cross-cultural fluency that immigrants develop when adapting to a new country.

But those efforts can appear tiny in situations where students are immigrants whose parents moved them to a new country or come from low - income families and feel they have little power to confront multiple economic and social challenges.

As I searched for the unit's final project, I found many proposed activities that began the same way: «Have your students imagine they are immigrants coming to a new country.»