Sentences with phrase «of undocumented workers»

It is difficult to establish absolute figures, since a large number of undocumented workers go overseas through irregular channels and may not be recorded as workers.

He says they support causes «most people don't want to be involved with, but make a difference,» including building a medical clinic in Haiti, providing medical treatment for children of undocumented workers in Arizona, offering free art classes for abused children, and helping poverty - stricken AIDS patients.

King, when discussing a proposal to give citizenship to the children of undocumented workers in an interview last week with Newsmax, suggested many of them were drug smugglers.

Republicans, meanwhile, hammered Kaminsky for votes on measures that included enhancing the rights of undocumented workers when it came to voting, serving on juries and receiving welfare benefits.

Moises is traveling by foot with a group of undocumented workers across a desolate strip of the border between Mexico and the United States, seeking a new life in the north.

He'd also pursue legislation that would prevent small companies from deducting the salaries of undocumented workers at tax time.

Together, the couple aims to mobilize the industry to advocate for the thousands of undocumented workers in food establishments across the country.

Revelations of undocumented workers in family households have derailed presidential nominations in the past.

The new administration has made lots of promises to tighten our borders and take a harsher stance on immigration — like deporting millions of undocumented workers, building a wall along the southern border, terminating executive amnesty and tripling the number of immigration enforcement agents.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo also spoke at the conference, championing a $ 15 minimum wage for all workers in the state and citing his administration's efforts to combat exploitation of undocumented workers.

This locally made feature scripted by Chris Loken, the owner of Love Apple Farm in Ghent, is a heart - wrenching tale about the struggles of undocumented workers to find refuge in the United States.

Children of undocumented workers do not choose the conditions under which they enter the United States.

Denying children of undocumented workers access to an education is unconstitutional and against the law.

El Otro Lado focuses on a group of undocumented workers who had immigrated from Mexico to work in Arizona.

The State's defense of the undocumented worker, however, puts California in the crosshairs of the US Department of Justice (DOJ), which is now suing the State of California over its immigration policies.

Immigrants make up about a quarter of the overall construction workforce, but that share is likely higher for residential homebuilding, partly due to a large number of undocumented workers.

Los Angeles, CA: It is a well - known fact that the State of California is, and has remained progressive with regard to standing up for the rights of it undocumented workers.

Astorino in Albany on Tuesday said he supported a version of the Dream Fund, which would solicit private donations to provide tuition assistance to the children of undocumented workers.

Immigrants who avoid ICE face the possibility of exploitation by employers: A 2008 survey from the National Employment Law Project found that 51 % of all undocumented workers in New York City were underpaid by more than $ 1 per hour, and 47 % said they were required to work after sustaining an injury on the job.

All of the undocumented workers were faced with deportation, and their three employers faced possible prison time and hefty fines for harboring them.

Children of undocumented workers should not be the scapegoats.