Sentences with phrase «new immigration ban»

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In January, the #deleteUber hashtag trended on social media after customers perceived the company as having undermined New York taxi drivers» strike in protest of the Trump administration's immigration ban.

The problems started when Uber turned off surge pricing for trips to New York's JFK Airport amid protests of Trump's immigration ban.

In a note to employees obtained by the New York Times, Kalanick told employees that he had spoke with Trump Thursday about executive order banning immigration from seven Muslim - majority countries.

A grassroots #DeleteUber campaign over the perception that Uber was trying to take advantage of immigration ban protests at JFK led to about a half million people requesting to delete their Uber accounts over the course of a week, according to the New York Times.

Despite the Trump administration's proposed travel ban and immigration restrictions, New York City welcomed a record 62.8 million tourists in 2017, up 2.3 million, or 3.8 percent, from 2016.

Trump's refugee and travel ban plans have thrust an immigration focal point to emerge in... Champlain, New York?

She also lobbied strongly for marriage equality both in New York and nationally and gave a speech outside the historic Stonewall Inn last year at a rally to show LGBTQ solidarity with those affected by Trump's immigration ban.

So insists a collective of elected officials, including City Council Speaker Corey Johnson, City Council Immigration Committee Chair Carlos Menchaca, Public Advocate Letitia James, Comptroller Scott Stringer, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. and numerous other Councilmembers, who issued a letter to New York Chief Judge Janet DiFiore, urging her to ban U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents from New York State courts.

The increase in Cuomo's numbers — and the drop in support for Trump — come amid a series of stumbles for the new president during his first month in office and the Democratic governor's vocal opposition to a temporary ban on immigration from seven predominantly Muslim countries and refugees.

Also at 6:30 p.m., Tech: New York City Leadership Council launches with an update on the recent Trump immigration ban's legal challenges, The Jane, Hotel Ballroom, 113 Jane St., Manhattan.

New York state is taking an expanded legal role in challenging Trump's executive order limiting immigration, with Attorney General Eric Schneiderman joining an ACLU - backed lawsuit to overturn the ban.

Massey has not argued against New York's sanctuary city status, stating that it should remain as it is, and has opposed President Trump's travel ban on immigration from certain Muslim - majority nations.

Rice, who won a seat in Congress in 2014, recently joined other members of the New York delegation to denounce Trump's proposal for a temporary ban on Muslim immigration to the U.S. in the wake of the Paris attacks and the mass killings in San Bernardino.

«President Trump's new «backdoor Muslim ban» executive order is simply a mask for the same old hatred, fear and incompetence,» said Steven Choi, Executive Director of the New York Immigration Coalition (NYInew «backdoor Muslim ban» executive order is simply a mask for the same old hatred, fear and incompetence,» said Steven Choi, Executive Director of the New York Immigration Coalition (NYINew York Immigration Coalition (NYIC).

The New York Immigration Coalition hosts a Jummah prayer to mark the one - year anniversary of President Donald Trump's first travel ban.

Thousands — including the New York Immigration Coalition, which is among groups leading numerous protests against the travel ban — flocked to John F. Kennedy International Airport to assist individuals from impacted countries and protest the ban.

Murad Awawdeh, the New York Immigration Coalition's director of political engagement, said the day after the ban was signed, more than 5,000 people made their way to JFK to help get the 12 to 20 people who were detained in the airport out.

The New York Immigration Coalition held a press conference in response to President Trump's second Muslim travel ban.

Refugee advocates joined the New York Immigration Coalition to assail President Donald Trump's second executive order barring entry to people from a smattering of Middle Eastern and East African countries, insisting that it is a «backdoor Muslim ban 2.0 ″ — a reference to the commander - in - chief's primary campaign promise of a «total and complete shutdown» on Islamic immigration to the UniImmigration Coalition to assail President Donald Trump's second executive order barring entry to people from a smattering of Middle Eastern and East African countries, insisting that it is a «backdoor Muslim ban 2.0 ″ — a reference to the commander - in - chief's primary campaign promise of a «total and complete shutdown» on Islamic immigration to the Uniimmigration to the United States.

Meanwhile, up in New York after President Trump's executive immigration ban, «a bunch of V&E lawyers went down to JFK to help out those facing deportation.»

A group of volunteer attorneys and software developers worked over the weekend to create a new app to help travelers impacted by the Trump Administration's «immigration ban.»