Sentences with phrase «of immigration officials»

There is no limit to how many times you can enter the United States under the Visa Waiver Program, however, entry and re-entry into the U.S. is at the discretion of the immigration officials.

Examples of circumstances that can complicate things include having been already denied at the border, multiple DUIs or other criminal history, or a car accident causing personal injury or property damage; all of which are ultimately up to the discretion of immigration officials.

The Globe reports today that Federal Court judges are taking issue with the practice of immigration officials who have entered Wikipedia entries in immigration proceedings,

In another proposed shift, a companion bill would end the presence of immigration officials at Rikers Island.

Under 2014 guidance from the Obama administration, someone would be a deportation priority for gang activity only if they had been convicted of an offence in connection with the gang, not for gang affiliation alone, although there was room for discretion on the part of immigration officials.

So our Muslim ban would consist of an immigration official telling a group of people that none of them are actually Muslims.

In a careful and detailed judgment, Sir Stephen Silber rejected the SSHD's submission that the word «child» in paragraph 18B of Schedule 2 to the 1971 Act should be read so as to incorporate reference to the reasonable beliefs of the immigration official.

Not exact matches

Her attorney, Margo Cowan, did not detail the agreement made with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials and it was not clear if Loreto had secured a stay of deportation.

Derek Benner, a top official at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, told The Associated Press that Wednesday's operation was «the first of many» and «a harbinger of what's to come» for employers.

Rosa Robles Loreto, a mother of two and a long - time Tucson resident, sought refuge in August 2014, just one day before she was scheduled to turn herself over to immigration officials for deportation back to Mexico.

U.S. President Donald Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration and his move to strip Haitians, Salvadorans and others of their temporary legal status have had a broad effect on Canada's refugee system, Reuters interviews with social service providers, government officials and a review of Canadian immigration data show.

Then - Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and John Kelly, then Homeland Security secretary, told Mexican officials the US military wound not get involved in enforcing immigration policy.

In February of last year, Trump described the removal of authorized immigration by his administration as «a military operation,» a comment that contrasted with other officials in his administration, who stressed that deportations would not be pursued en masse or in the style of a military operation.

Twenty - two - year - old Daniela Vargas had just spoken Wednesday at an immigration press conference in front of Jackson City Hall in Mississippi when, according to her attorney, ICE officials pulled her and a friend over on the freeway as they were driving back.

One law, known as Assembly Bill 450, prohibits private employers in California from voluntarily cooperating with federal immigration officials and imposes fines of up to $ 10,000 if a business owner fails to comply.

Officials at the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services maintain that the new phone system is working «quite well» and that the agency's monthly customer - service surveys show an average 80 percent satisfaction rate, spokesman Russ Knocke said.

It will call on the departments of Labor, Justice, Homeland Security and State to take action to crack down on what the official called «fraud and abuse» in the U.S. immigration system to protect American workers.

Through an executive order, the Trump administration is considering reforming guest worker visas as part of a larger push for immigration reform, although officials have not proposed any new rules that would target companies with the H - 1B «dependent» classification.

In mid-June 2015, thousands of people began to flee over the border from the Dominican Republic into Haiti — many were forcibly deported — as Dominican officials began to implement a controversial immigration program targeting Haitian migrants and Dominican - born people of Haitian descent.

Thomas Homan, the Trump administration's top immigration enforcement official, announced Monday that he plans to step down from his job, six months after President Donald Trump nominated him to be director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Eimmigration enforcement official, announced Monday that he plans to step down from his job, six months after President Donald Trump nominated him to be director of U.S. Immigration and Customs EImmigration and Customs Enforcement.

«It is very remarkable the degree to which there is a consensus,» National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) official Galen Carey told the Times, which reports that «no prominent pastor» has spoken out against the immigration effort.

But Vizguerra fears she will be deported when after an upcoming meeting scheduled with immigrations officials because of several misdemeanors on her record.

I quite agree that the new Christian immigration is very diverse, and many of the new arrivals might well be comfortable with the church — state arrangements they find in the U.S. Mexicans in particular have a long tradition of official church — state separation in their home country, however often the principle is violated in practice.

The diplomats — officials in charge of New York consulates separate from United Nations missions — say they are hard pressed to explain to their governments and the news media back home why scores of people remain in detention, usually on minor immigration charges, at a time when the United States seeks the support of public opinion abroad for its war on terrorism.

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.

When Abdel and his family arrived in Lampedusa, a flurry of social workers, U.N. monitors and immigration officials greeted the 400 Syrians on the boat.

The number of Jews from the former Soviet Union living in Chicago and the suburbs has grown significantly since the first wave of immigration in 1971, officials said.

Immigration officials have «no interest» in deporting thousands of foreign prisoners, a leaked memo shows.

Guidance sent from Michael Spurr, the director general of the Prison Service, to prison officers reveals officials at the Border and Immigration Agency (BIA) «as a rule.have no interest» in deporting foreign nationals who were in jail for less than 12 months.

Several Sanders surrogates and campaign aides — including state Sen. Bill Perkins, of Harlem, who is one of the few New York Democratic elected officials to break ranks and endorse Sanders over Clinton — held a conference call with reporters today, calling Clinton out for waffling on the license issue, while also attacking Sanders» own record on immigration reform.

The U.S. Senate rejected consideration of a bipartisan immigration plan that would have bolstered border security, funded a wall on the southern frontier and resolved the fate of the so - called Dreamers, after Trump and administration officials waged a fierce, daylong campaign to discredit the measure.

At 2 p.m., the New York Immigration Coalition, Fiscal Policy Institute, elected officials and advocates unveil new legislation and analysis in favor of granting driver's licenses to undocumented New Yorkers, Empire State Plaza, Meeting Room 7, Albany.

Thirty - nine members of MS - 13, a brutal gang with roots in Central America, were arrested by the immigration authorities in New York in the past month, officials said.

New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer, the New York Immigration Coalition, the Fiscal Policy Institute, elected officials and immigration advocates today the release of new analyses of the fiscal costs and benefits of expanding access to driver's licenses to all New Yorkers, without regard to immigration status, and the launch of a new campaign announced, Green Light NY: DrivinImmigration Coalition, the Fiscal Policy Institute, elected officials and immigration advocates today the release of new analyses of the fiscal costs and benefits of expanding access to driver's licenses to all New Yorkers, without regard to immigration status, and the launch of a new campaign announced, Green Light NY: Drivinimmigration advocates today the release of new analyses of the fiscal costs and benefits of expanding access to driver's licenses to all New Yorkers, without regard to immigration status, and the launch of a new campaign announced, Green Light NY: Drivinimmigration status, and the launch of a new campaign announced, Green Light NY: Driving Together.

From U.S. Rep. Nydia Velazquez to District Attorney Eric Gonzalez and others, local officials have been calling for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to stay out of the local courts for more than a year.

Police and federal officials, though, countered that they remain focused on curtailing a gang that preys on immigrants and said the steps they take are based on evidence.The report by the New York Immigration Coalition and the Immigrant and Non-Citizen Rights Clinic at the CUNY School of Law warns about the danger of law - enforcement agencies slipping into profiling and discriminatory policing.»

POUGHKEEPSIE, NY (02/15/2013)(readMedia)-- Community Voices Heard and a number of allied organizations will host a public meeting in Poughkeepsie with federal and state elected officials to discuss issues important to low - income residents of the Hudson Valley, including affordable housing, youth issues, raising the minimum wage, immigration reform, safety net programs, job creation, instituting a Fair Elections system in the state, as well as the federal and state budget.

Under de Blasio, the city forced Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials off of Rikers Island and has only over foreign nationals lacking proper paperwork to authorities if they have committed violent offenses.

Let's admit what we have now isn't working and that all of the arguing and fighting we do on every issue — from gun control to climate change to education to immigration to health care and beyond — won't accomplish much unless we change the way we choose our elected officials.

One senior Lib Dem branded the speech a return to «dog whistle» politics, while government sources struggled to confirm whether reducing immigration to «tens of thousands» was official policy.

The speech threw coalition policy on immigration into disarray, with one senior Lib Dem branding the speech a return to «dog whistle» politics and government sources struggling to confirm whether reducing immigration to «tens of thousands» was official policy.

President Donald Trump will tout the accomplishments in his first year of office and talk about infrastructure and immigration initiatives he's sending to Congress in his State of the Union address Tuesday, a senior administration official said.

Even if it doesn't get scuppered by officials in Europe, the policy's ultimate goal - finally achieving the Tory target of cutting immigration below 100,000 - seems to be as dogmatic as it is vulnerable.

After a year of mostly verbal sparring between New York City officials and the president, the Trump administration's plans to scale back infrastructure plans and social spending and an immigration crackdown are poised to hit New York — the president's home state — where it hurts.

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.

New York City has proudly claimed the label for itself, largely because it has removed Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials from Rikers Island, and refuses to comply with requests it detain individuals not accused of violent crime.

Our elected officials should want people to report crimes no matter if they're a victim, witness, regardless of their immigration status.

«UK immigration officials have been on the receiving end of a four - letter outburst by former Home Office minister», the hon. Member for Slough, who «told a conference of a Labour think tank that the job could corrupt «even quite good and moral» people.»

Immigration Law Enforcement Compliance — Vote Passed (228 - 195, 10 Not Voting) The House passed a measure that would prohibit federal, state and local governments from restricting any federal, state, or local government entity or official from complying with immigration laws or from assisting federal law enforcement entities or officials in their enforcement ofImmigration Law Enforcement Compliance — Vote Passed (228 - 195, 10 Not Voting) The House passed a measure that would prohibit federal, state and local governments from restricting any federal, state, or local government entity or official from complying with immigration laws or from assisting federal law enforcement entities or officials in their enforcement ofimmigration laws or from assisting federal law enforcement entities or officials in their enforcement of such laws.

The measure would cut off state funding for cities where officials have enacted policies prohibiting them from sharing information about the immigration status of people in custody.