Sentences with phrase «on civil immigration»

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The firestorm sparked by President Donald Trump's executive order on Friday to ban immigration and travel to the U.S. by people from seven predominantly Muslim countries proved a boon to the American Civil Liberties Union, which reportedly collected more than $ 24 million in contributions over the weekend.

Early on Thursday, U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang issued a nationwide preliminary injunction in a similar case in Maryland brought by refugee resettlement agencies represented by the American Civil Liberties Union and the National Immigration Law Center.

The expected focus on Sessions» record on race, policing and immigration comes as the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division has surged in prominence under the Obama administration.

To avoid civil and criminal penalties and audits to your company payroll, you must also file an I - 140 form (Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker) on his or her behalf with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS).

Mazin Sidahmed, co-founding editor and senior reporter at Documented, a Civil - network site covering immigration and national security issues in New York City, says Civil has provided extensive support, including a financial grant, as well as as the technology on which to build the site and assistance with design.

Thanks to both William Chip and Michael Scaperlanda for an enlightening and civil exchange on immigration.

She is a true liberal and this was reflected in the stands she took on race and immigration in the 1960s, capital punishment, prison reform and, later, the civil libertarian values of the Liberal Democrats.

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.

The fear is that Labour may be leaning towards the latter, especially given the party's abysmal record on civil liberties as well as an increasingly social conservative stance on immigration.

The reasons why Quick raided Green's Commons office nearly nine years ago can be traced back even further, to a day in 2006 when a young civil servant called Christopher Galley, working in Jacqui Smith's Home Office, was allegedly told by Green, then opposition immigration spokesman, to get «as much dirt on the Labour party, the Labour government, as possible».

Up until around the Civil War the states largely carried out their own immigration policy, because of a lack of any federal guidance on the issue.

Their positive message on immigration — alone in Westminster - civil liberties and rail nationalisation demonstrates that.

As released by the attorney general's civil rights bureau, the policies outline the limits local law enforcement can participate in federal immigrant enforcement efforts, including refusing to enact non-judicial warrants in civil cases, denying requests by federal officials in holding people longer than 48 hours and limits on the access Immigration and Customs Enforcement or border protection officers can have with those currently in custoy.

Many of the suggestions reflected Tory policy, such as immediate plans to cut the deficit or a cap on non-EU immigration, but others clearly showed a high degree of Lib Dem influence, notably over civil liberties, where a Great Repeal Bill has been promised.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office will join the American Civil Liberties Union's legal challenge to the executive order issued by President Donald Trump placing a moratorium on immigration and refugees.

At 6 p.m., Sen. Liz Krueger will host a conversation with New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, discussing his work to challenge Trump Administration policies on a host of issues from immigration to the environment to civil and voting rights.

What I truly hope is that David Cameron will be brave and sensible on issues such as civil liberties, immigration, and Europe once the time comes to deal with them.

Civil servants, lecturers, health visitors, Ministry of Defence staff, immigration officers and off - duty police officers will be among those staging walkouts and taking part in other forms of protest on Thursday.

Yet Clegg and his team feel they get scant credit from activists for constantly battling to thwart Tory efforts to sneak through illiberal measures on civil liberties and immigration, within a coalition in which they're out - numbered five to one.

«The Summit on Latinos seeks to advance the collective interests of Latinos in the city of New York by identifying common ground on key policy areas such as health, immigration, education, civil rights, and business and workforce development, among a host of others.»

The next parliament could see cherished progressive liberal aspirations realised: a proportional electoral system; wider and better - defended civil liberties; a new, internationalist approach to foreign affairs and immigration; reform of the tax system to share wealth and curb carbon emissions; and an assault on the vested interests of the financial sector.

New York — Senators Jeff Klein (D - Bronx / Westchester), Diane Savino (D - Staten Island / Brooklyn), Tony Avella (D - Queens), Jesse Hamilton (D - Brooklyn), Senator - elect Marisol Alcantara (D - Manhattan) and the National Action Network, joined by the Northern Manhattan Coalition for Immigrant Rights, the New York Immigration Coalition and the Vera Institute of Justice, on Monday stood in solidarity with immigrant communities to protect civil rights and combat hate crimes.

«I am a Democrat and disagree with virtually all of President Trump's policy positions including those on healthcare, LGBTQ rights, civil rights, immigration, global warming, gun control, and tax «reform.

We are still pushing papers through the bureaucratic U.S. immigration system, but now we have a foundation of civil rights on which to stand.

She's also a tireless advocate with a proven track record of fighting for and working - on a broad cross section of human and civil rights ranging from race, women's rights, immigration, voter participation and labor.

UCLA Civil Rights Project released the findings of a new national survey of educators revealing the alarming impact of immigration enforcement on teaching and learning in public schools.

In addition to resolutions, the American Civil Liberties Union of California urges school districts to adopt policies spelling out clear guidelines if federal immigration authorities arrive on campus and want to speak to students or access their records.

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The California Legislature is strongly resisting federal action on almost all fronts — climate, civil rights, environment, immigration, law enforcement — but not education.

The UCLA Civil Rights Project has released a report, entitled U.S. Immigration Enforcement Policy and its Impact on Teaching and Learning in the Nation's Schools.

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HT Legal (formerly HT Pro Bono) relies on private donations to train and mentor pro bono attorneys representing survivors in civil, criminal, and immigration cases.

The US plans to impose tight quotas on the judges who hear them are ill thought out — likely by civil servants with little or no understanding of the practical challenges of working in immigration appeal and court work.

Then take a look at this summary from Reuters on each candidate's position on legal issues like the death penalty, immigration enforcement, the Supreme Court, wiretapping and civil rights.

Recent work includes handling a long - running dispute in which a former employee has been seeking to establish the right to a survivor's pension for his civil partner, and advising the employees of a university in the North of England on the immigration implications of Brexit.

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For example in Ishaq v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2015 FC 156, (a case about whether a woman could wear her niqab during a citizenship ceremony), six public interest groups — including the Ontario Human Rights Commission, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association and the National Council of Canadian Muslims — were refused permission to intervene, as the court determined that they could not advance their proposed arguments without social science evidence to back them up; nor could the court take judicial notice (facts and materials are accepted on a common sense basis without being formally admitted in evidence) of any of the facts necessary to support the arguments.

While there, he worked primarily on cases that addressed civil rights, habeas corpus matters, criminal sentencing, immigration, and prisoner and pro se appeals.

The ER Staff Attorney will also provide ongoing comprehensive legal services to survivors of human trafficking including assisting clients seek immigration, criminal and civil relief, with an emphasis on criminal victim - witnesses advocacy and United States citizen survivors.

On May 2nd & 3rd, Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC), including its members from San Diego, was in Sacramento meeting with California Assembly Members and Senators to discuss, among many topics, a bill to stop a prevalent discriminatory civil litigation practice aimed at marginalizing plaintiffs based on their immigration statuOn May 2nd & 3rd, Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC), including its members from San Diego, was in Sacramento meeting with California Assembly Members and Senators to discuss, among many topics, a bill to stop a prevalent discriminatory civil litigation practice aimed at marginalizing plaintiffs based on their immigration statuon their immigration status.

«This appeal deals with several significant and unique legal concepts relating to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, including jurisdiction, acquiescence of the removal of the child, habitual residence of the child, conditions for the return of the child to the US, allegations of domestic abuse, and the mother's US immigration status.

Provide direct legal services to victims of labor and sex trafficking to address the range of civil legal issues that arise from their victimization, including, but not limited to, representation on applications for immigration relief and to recover civil damages arising from the trafficking

Lawyers from Mishcon attend the centre on a monthly basis to supervise second and final year law students as they advise clients on a range of legal issues, including: discrimination; civil partnership formation and dissolution; cohabitation issues; immigration; wills and probate; and hate crime.

Strategic advice on preventing the employment of illegal workers and handling appeals against the imposition of civil penalties following UK Visas and Immigration raids.

«It covers all areas of law... everything from family law to youth criminal justice, immigration and refugee law, civil justice, any issue that would impact on an adult similarly impacts on children, in terms of law,» she says.

As minister of state at the Home Office, Baroness Scotland helped steer the Immigration, Nationality and Asylum Act 2006 through the House of Lords: the Act which introduced on - the - spot civil fines for employing illegal immigrants.

«The new fixed and graduated fee schemes (for civil, family and immigration legal aid) are predicated on providers carrying out a range of cases that address the full spectrum of clients» needs... Providers may choose to use particular practitioners as specialists to deal with more complex cases, however, the organisation as a whole will need to provide a full range of services in order to profit effectively from the new fees.»

The Equal Justice Works Fellowships programs fund hundreds of public interest attorneys each year to close the justice gap on issues such as foreclosure, community economic development, immigration, civil rights, homelessness, access to healthcare, and domestic violence.