Sentences with phrase «new immigration measure»

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday said he would review a bill that would prohibit New York state and local police from participating in immigration enforcement efforts with federal law enforcement, a measure that passed the Democratic - led Assembly this week.

Hours before NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio and advocates hailed a bill to offer identification cards to all New Yorkers, regardless of their immigration status, the New York Civil Liberties Union blasted the measure.

Attorney General Eric Schneiederman earlier this month provided a legal guidance to cities in New York that have passed measures designed to not coordinate with certain immigration enforcement efforts from the federal government.

New measures included in the Immigration Bill currently progressing through Parliament will make it easier to prosecute employers using illegal labour, increasing the maximum prison sentence to five years and with powers to close down businesses which continue to flout the rules.

Donna Lieberman, the executive director of the New York Civil Liberties Union, said the measures would send a clear message that Rikers Island was not to function as an «interrogation pen» for immigration officials.

Rep. Pete King said Sunday he fully supports President Donald Trump's executive order temporarily halting immigration from seven predominantly Muslim countries, calling the measure «long overdue» in an interview with POLITICO New York.

Hours before Mayor Bill de Blasio and advocates hailed a bill to offer identification cards to all New Yorkers, regardless of their immigration status, the New York Civil Liberties Union blasted the measure.

It recommended ways to improve K - 12 education, big changes in high - skill immigration rules, and the creation of 30,000 new scholarships to increase the number of scientists in the pipeline, among other measures.

Gonzales» new study will seek to understand how educators across the United States are handling discussions of immigration in their classrooms, schools, and communities, and how they are responding to recent discourse and policy measures.

«Representatives at three levels of California government were quick to call for economic measures against neighboring Arizona this week in the wake of its passage of a tough new immigration law... On Tuesday, seven members of the Los Angles City Council signed a proposal for a boycott that urged the city to «refrain from conducting business» or participating in conventions in Arizona.

Citizenship and Immigration Canada has indicated that the new measures are necessary because of a «rise in global identity fraud» and technological innovations that «make it easy to steal, forge or alter identity documents.»

President Donald Trump is calling for new border wall and immigration legislation, tweeting that moving to the «nuclear option» in the Senate is only way to muscle such a measure through Congress.