Sentences with phrase «of undocumented immigrants get»

The GOP has blocked passage of bills including the Dream Act, to help children of undocumented immigrants get college aid, a measure to codify the abortion rights in Roe v. Wade into state law, as well as campaign finance reform.

The GOP has blocked passage of bills including the Dream Act, to help children of undocumented immigrants get college aid, a measure to codify the abortion rights in Roe v. Wade into state law, and campaign finance reform.

Of Dreamers and Drug Mules: Rep. King on the DREAM Act Tampa Bay Times, July 26, 2013 «In a decade of research, Gonzales has found only a tiny percentage of undocumented immigrants got involved with crime, much less stayed involved with crime.

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Patrick, 66, was a radio talkshow host perhaps best - known for getting an on - air vasectomy until he was elected as lieutenant governor in 2014 on a platform of stopping the «invasion» of undocumented immigrants.

Johnson, the former governor of a state that bordered Mexico, a U.S. trading partner that Trump regularly maligns, favors a more open immigration policy that would allow undocumented immigrants to get work visas to fill jobs that U.S. workers don't want.

Velazquez and others on the call accused Clinton of helping tank an effort to let undocumented immigrants get driver's licenses in New York.

Democratic Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said earlier Monday that «it's not looking good» for getting the DREAM Act, which would provide college tuition assistance to the children of undocumented immigrants, and the tax credit, which would incentivize donations to groups that boost public and private education, in the final budget.

In his «100 - day action plan to Make America Great Again,» Trump said he would «cancel all federal funding to sanctuary cities,» roll back President Barack Obama's executive actions shielding undocumented foreign nationals who arrived as children, deport what he claims are «more than two million criminal illegal immigrants from the country» and get eliminate of visas to foreign countries that will not take them back.

But while Cuomo was able to get several Republican Senators to vote to enact same sex marriage in 2011, he could not get them to budge on several issues that the Democratic left was pushing for, including, further increasing the minimum wage, allowing children of undocumented immigrants college aid known as the Dream Act, and public financing of political campaigns.

A Board of Regents» move last week that paves the way for undocumented immigrants to get state - granted professional licenses, including teacher certifications, is prompting some ongoing blowback among Republican lawmakers.

At the end of March, Police Commissioner James O'Neill admitted that undocumented immigrants who get arrested for turnstile jumping can be deported, according to Politico New York.

The Fiscal Policy Institute points to safety benefits by having undocumented immigrants get a license, because they would need to take state tests and learn the rules of the road.

Donald Trump doesn't seem to get tired of boasting that he will deport all 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the U.S. once (read: if) he is elected president.

The concern expressed by states with large undocumented immigrant populations is that asking about citizenship will scare people off, forms won't get filled out and the count won't be accurate, affecting federal funding and the number of congressional seats.

Although it is difficult to get an accurate picture of the immigrant population in the United States, researchers estimate that 1.8 million undocumented children and youth are now living in the country.

Gonzales, a leading expert on undocumented immigrant youth and young adults, explained that many undocumented teenagers go through their lives participating in the «normal» experiences of growing up until the point when their peers begin to get driver's licenses and apply to college.

While President Barack Obama pushes an overhaul of the country's federal immigration laws, states are likely to decide whether undocumented immigrants should get in - state tuition.

The plan was for Obinze to join her, but, unable to get a visa after 9/11, he instead went to London and plunged into the dangerous life of an undocumented immigrant.

Between 2012 and 2016 Nisenbaum painted portraits of undocumented immigrants from Mexico and Central America whilst teaching English at an immigrant community space in New York, using the process of portraiture to get to know her students.

The Mexico City - born artist Aliza Nisenbaum has been painting portraits of undocumented immigrants for years now, some of which have recently ended up at the Whitney Biennial, and others now getting a solo showing at the Glasgow - based Mary Mary's booth, with a focus on Nisenbaum's native Mexico.