Sentences with phrase «of immigration checks»

«The introduction of immigration checks has made racial profiling an NHS policy and already we are seeing an alarming number of people singled out and threatened by the institutions that are supposed to be caring for them.»

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The section being upheld allows police in Arizona to check the immigration status of anyone they stop.

The court upheld the last part of the Arizona law, however, the so - called «papers please» provision that instructs police to check immigration status when they detain people.

Since his push to enact a ban on assault weapons and wider background checks for gun owners collapsed on Capitol Hill in 2013, gun control has slipped down the list of White House priorities, below a legacy - building Iran deal, an opening with Cuba and reform of the immigration system.

We also oppose provisions of the bill that expand the immigration detention system and erode the basic rights afforded to immigrants, including the provisions that allow for the indefinite detention of individuals who can not be deported to their home countries; that expedite removal proceedings or automatically imprison immigrants without providing them access to attorneys or judges; that increase detention capacity by an additional 20,000 beds to house immigrants awaiting their day in court; and that diminish the checks and balances of judicial review over immigration decisions.

The «immigration fugitives» are now on «order of supervision,» which means the six men and two women — who said they fled persecution for their faith in Indonesia — must check in with federal agents regularly but won't be deported by Immigration and Customs Enforcementimmigration fugitives» are now on «order of supervision,» which means the six men and two women — who said they fled persecution for their faith in Indonesia — must check in with federal agents regularly but won't be deported by Immigration and Customs EnforcementImmigration and Customs Enforcement officials.

Modifying the system to add exit checks by CBP officers would require a good deal of construction at most of the country's international airports, as well as a significant increase in the size of CBP's force of immigration inspectors.

«Theresa May promised the government wouldn't use this tragedy as a reason to carry out immigration checks,» Martha Spurrier, director of Liberty, said.

The home secretary was under intense pressure this autumn after it emerged that border checks had been lifted over the summer, potentially allowing thousands of illegal immigrations and criminals into the country.

Issues of asylum and immigration have been an issue of controversy in recent weeks, with the home secretary's decision to split the UK Border Agency after a scandal over lax passport checks emerged.

However there is clearly a relationship between these practices, not least because within an increasingly expansive regime of identity checks there is growing potential for a range of actors to become aware of an individual's immigration status and circumstances.

The reduced checks were introduced following concerns in airports and in government at the length of the queues at immigration checks.

Campaigns like the «Go Home» vans or spot checks at London Tube station - or Cameron's photo opportunity with immigration officers in the home of an alleged undocumented immigrant - go down like a bucket of sick with ethnic minority voters.

Banks, employers, social workers, university lecturers, and, thanks to a 2014 Act, landlords, are required to check identity and legal status, or monitor the behaviour of those subject to immigration controls (such as attendance at lectures or moving house).

Human rights committee warns of discrimination risk, especially from proposed checks by landlords on immigration status

The Home Office's attitude to immigration has noticeably hardened recently, with tweets of immigration raids, spot checks by UK Border Agency staff and a mobile van telling illegal immigrants in certain boroughs of London to «go home».

The exemption could also be used to facilitate the sharing of personal data between public services and the Home Office if it's decided checking everyone's entitlement to access healthcare, education or social housing is necessary for effective immigration control.

He also spoke about the controversial Arizona immigration law that requires police to check the papers of people they suspect of being illegal immigrants, saying it underscores «a complete failure» by the federal government to secure the border.

While reporting to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for a routine check - in at 26 Federal Plaza, Ragbir, executive director of the New Sanctuary Coalition of NYC — an interfaith organization that helps undocumented immigrants fight detention and deportation — was detained on Thursday morning.

While Lord West's review has found no systematic failings in our procedures for checking potential suspects, it has highlighted the importance of enhancing existing cooperation to share more information between police and immigration services and internationally across countries: - within the EU to enable British law enforcement authorities to access immigration information on existing EU databases; - bilaterally with other member states to mutually exchange information; - and joining up criminal records databases throughout the EU so that our authorities can quickly identify individuals charged with crimes, no matter where in Europe they are convicted.

Last week, while reporting to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for a routine check - in at 26 Federal Plaza, Ravi Ragbir, executive director of the New Sanctuary Coalition of NYC — an interfaith organization that helps undocumented immigrants ward off detention and deportation — was detained.

The departure level of the terminal will feature 56 check - in - desk, 30 passport control counters, of which four will be E-gates and eight security lanes.The arrivals will consist 24 immigration booths for E-gates and four baggage reclaim devices.It will also be installed with the latest European Civil Aviation Conference Hold Baggage Screening (ECAC HBS) to handle 3500 bags per hour.

Nearly 500 people have been caught lying about their identity to immigration officials since the government began checking the fingerprints of visa applicants.

When people avoid seeking medical treatment because of a fear of cost or immigration checks, it can have devastating consequences.

«Essien and Cole underwent a series of checks in the office of the Immigration Class I Washikum Bandung on the 3rd floor.»

«Failing to check the immigration status of individuals seeking NI numbers is one thing,» added Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman Nick Clegg.

The two players who were subject to a series of checks at the Immigration office of Indonesia after playing in the top flight league without a permit have been cleared of all jail charges.

Minister for Immigration Mark Harper says he will consider more rigorous checks at borders after a report warned that thousands of illegal immigrants attempting to get into the UK through France have not been fingerprinted for four years.

Under the Secure Communities plan, when a local law enforcement agency makes an arrest and submits fingerprints to the State Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) to conduct a State criminal history check and to the FBI for a nationwide check, an expanded integrated records check is conducted at the Federal level that includes both criminal history and immigration status of the arrested individual.

The pilot scheme to fine landlords for not checking the immigration papers of their tenants has not even been fully piloted yet, but now a new immigration bill will take it further and threaten them with jail.

UKBA spot - checks of people's immigration status will continue at London Tube stations, the immigration minister has confirmed.

Spurred by Trump's announcement in September that he planned to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, members of the chamber wrote a letter to the Florida congressional delegation urging them to «quickly find a legislative solution before the program expires»... «Without a legislative solution, 800,000 DACA recipients will lose their ability to work and legally study, and it will leave many Florida employers, workers and students without certainty,» the chamber's CEO Mark Wilson wrote in the letter... «The Florida Chamber supports an earned pathway to citizenship for immigrants that pass criminal background checks as well as supports policies that reduce illegal immigration and improve on border security.»

Hundreds of people descended on Foley Square in Lower Manhattan on Thurs., March 9, to rally behind prominent immigrant activist Ravi Ragbir, who was preparing to attend an annual check - in meeting with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials that morning.

Conservatives are likely to draw attention to Labour's own commitment in government to creating a hostile environment, a phrase first used by Alan Johnson when he was home secretary in the last year of the Gordon Brown government, but campaigners insist that cracking down on illegal immigration could be done with better border checks rather than internal policing of status alone.

U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services officials said the purpose of the visit was to check facts about the enrollment of the publicly unidentified student at PS 58, and staffers in the building confirmed to agents that the student did not attend the school.

Millions of landlords could be unwilling to rent property to immigrants if government proposals requiring them to carry out immigration checks are put into practice, an influential crossparty committee of MPs has warned.

When David Cameron was prime minister Ms Morgan had threatened to resign over the idea, which would have forced teachers to check the immigration status of children and put the children of illegal immigrants to the bottom of the list for school places.

The volunteers were part of the New Sanctuary Coalition's accompaniment program, which trains people to accompany undocumented immigrants on check - ins with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

PHOTO ESSAY BY DONNA ACETO, REPORTING BY PAUL SCHINDLER Even as congressional leaders scrambled Thursday to forge an agreement on the fate of roughly 800,000 Dreamers, federal agents in Manhattan from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained a leading immigration rights advocate, Ravi Ragbir, as he did a routine check - in with governmentImmigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained a leading immigration rights advocate, Ravi Ragbir, as he did a routine check - in with governmentimmigration rights advocate, Ravi Ragbir, as he did a routine check - in with government officials.

«We would like to get rid of ICE — Immigration and Custom enforcement, which is an out - of - control agency, they have no checks and balances,» said Jody Kuh, who works with Rise and Resist.

The report, based on a spot check of Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre, said: «The 84 year old Canadian man had been refused entry to the UK at Gatwick airport on the 23 January 2013.»

«Perhaps once again the government need to think very carefully about how they approach this issue, as it is clear there are limits to the effectiveness of relying on employer and landlord checks to address illegal immigration.»

Part of his solution: new laws forcing employers and landlords to take responsibility for checking the immigration status of their workers and tenants.

Determined to conform to Federal Government's directive on the ease of doing business in the Country as well as check corruption among its personnel, the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), has redeployed 518 officers and men from five (5) major International Airports.

In times that Abdulahi and his friends had to do just that, they had to endure countless police and immigration officials» checks and interrogation, turning the journey to the capital city of Kenya, Nairobi that takes Kenyan 7 hours into a 10 - 15 hours trip.

And December brought us another nasty shock: leaked letters revealed that in 2015, Theresa May had wanted to use the Immigration Bill to require schools to check children's immigration status, and push the children of undocumented migrants to the back of the queue for schImmigration Bill to require schools to check children's immigration status, and push the children of undocumented migrants to the back of the queue for schimmigration status, and push the children of undocumented migrants to the back of the queue for school places.

The collection of pupil nationality and country of birth data by schools is a «daft idea», Sir Michael Wilshaw has said, indicating that he would have refused to carry out immigration checks on pupils when he was a headteacher.

He was right, sometime over the last couple of decades a new category has appeared on the immigration cards of countries such as India, Indonesia and China - alongside the «business» and «vacation» check - boxes is now a third option - «medical».

An additional benefit of travelling through Panama City, according to Copa's website: connecting passengers are not required to make immigration or customs stops in Panama and baggage is checked to the final destination.

In particular, I really appreciate being able to take the speed boat directly from downtown San Pedro to Chetumal. It only takes 1  1/2 hours and is about $ 60 US roundtrip. The time spent in immigration and baggage checks is nominal, as compared to stopping at the border. When you arrive at the dock in Chetumal, there is a dedicated group of Mexican agents there and things move pretty quickly.