Sentences with phrase «on immigrant communities»
Through attack after attack on immigrant communities, this administration has set out to sow fear of deportation, harassment, and scrutiny — creating a climate that discourages immigrants from seeking the care they need.
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It's an attack on immigrant communities, people of color, people with low incomes and LGBTQ folks.
Lastly, the ban is having a chilling effect on immigrant communities.
«With President Trump's relentless attacks on immigrant communities, it is more important than ever before to make it clear that New York is a state which welcomes immigrants, and a state where immigrant families can succeed,» Moya said.
As one of seven candidates vying for the Democratic nomination to oppose Hogan in the fall, Kamenetz positioned himself as a foil to President Trump, whom he criticized for his attacks on immigrant communities.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio also pulled out of the meeting, calling the Justice Department's threats a «racist assault on our immigrant communities.»
Stringer, a Democrat, said he felt compelled to act «with the Trump administration ratcheting up its attacks on immigrant communities, with more frequent raids.»
«The Trump administration has made very clear that they've declared war on the immigrant community on all levels,» said Javier Valdez, co-executive director of the advocacy group Make the Road New York.
«The right to peacefully protest is a cornerstone of democracy and in these uncertain times, we are facing unprecedented attacks on our immigrant community from the White House,» he added.
«We have to defend ourselves against the [Trump] administration and their attacks on the immigrant community.»
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He said having shelters in Massachusetts would have no impact on town budgets and when an immigrant child moves into a community, he said, «it's just as if your cousin moved to town.»
The law, known as Senate Bill 4, is slated to take effect Sept. 1, but has been challenged in court by rights organizations and localities that say the law infringes on local governments» constitutional rights, and will sow fear through immigrant communities by dissuading people from reporting crimes or testifying as witnesses out of fear they will be deported.
In the area of Human Rights, Equity and Diversity (HRED) he guides national strategies on Diversity and Inclusion, Temporary Foreign Workers (migrant workers), Racialized, Aboriginal, Immigrant, LGBT, and other equity seeking communities, with a view to qualitative and quantitative organizational growth.
This scandal is only the latest in a string of worrisome disclosures about the use of social media by third parties, from foreign governments and electoral candidates to law enforcement agencies, to spy on the activities of users — especially immigrant, Black and other vulnerable communities.
After all, the Alberta Opposition Leader was the Harper Government's successful point man on wooing immigrant community votes.
On a press call this afternoon, a Honduran TPS holder living in Miami, Mayor Bauters of Emeryville, California, and Florida community leaders discussed the importance of extending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for the 57,000 Honduran immigrants currently protected under the... Continue reading»
Setting aside for the moment the impact on families and communities, Evercore noted that such an exodus «would likely hit demand» for Constellation brands because Mexican immigrants» beer capita consumption is about two times the general population.
He correctly points out that the Miami Cubans represent no monolith - they are too often portrayed in the media as knee - jerk anti-Communist Republicans - but he fails to grasp fully the community's views on a whole range of pressing social matters, including its relations with blacks, whites, Haitians, and recent Central - American immigrants.
The incoming immigrants, some from other parts of the United States, others from Sweden, Germany, and elsewhere, built «an archipelago of Christian churches on the Dakota prairie that deepened community ties, inculcated social virtue, and generally promoted social order.»
In the west Arkansas town of Magazine, one sure way for boys from the immigrant Hmong community to assimilate is to put on helmets, cleats and shoulder pads
Earlier this week, I went to a small town about 40 minutes east of where I live to speak on behalf of the immigrant community in the hopes that the city council wouldn't vote to oppose SB 54 (California's major piece of legislation that creates real limits on state and municipal law enforcement from being used for immigration enforcement).
A Little Village neighborhood group on Wednesday announced that it will launch a campaign to get the Chicago Park District to fulfill its three - year - old promise to build and staff a park in the predominantly Mexican immigrant community.
«At a time when President Trump is declaring a war on women, the LGBT communities and our immigrant communities, it is imperative that we unite around issues that will protect New Yorkers and their rights,» the letter signed by all eight members of the IDC and delivered to Felder's office.
Needless to say, anti-immigration debates continue to be loud, and are largely informed by a worldview at odds with itself, in which host communities are pitted against a deluge of immigrants — a burden on the economy and a marching in of an inflexible and alien culture.
Chalkbeat article on BP Adams discussing the need for increased information sharing of specialized education programs to parents in low - income and immigrant communities.
James Hon, the co-director of the MinKwon Center for Community Action, an organization that opposes tighter immigration enforcement, said he'd like to see programs like Stringer's, «rather than spending billions of dollars on more detentions and faster deportations for our immigrants as the Trump administration has proposed in his recent budget, not to mention an even greater amount, billions more, for a ridiculous wall.»
In response to «housing discrimination and attacks from Washington on immigrants,» NYS Senator Jose Peralta and CUNY School of Law's Community Legal Resources Network announced on May 10 the re-launching of free legal assistance services for immigran More...
Also at 6 p.m., the NYC Commission on Human Rights and the Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs host the First Annual African Community Forum and Resource Fair, Metropolitan College of New York, 463 E. 149th St., the Bronx.
«The mailer, which highlights Assemblyman Espaillat's commitment to working families and immigrant communities, will arrive in the mailboxes of hundreds of 32BJ members on Friday.»
D'Amato also said the Republican Party needs to come to grips with the country's growing Latino community by changing its tone on immigrant matters.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo in an op / ed posted to Medium on Wednesday urged fellow Democrats in Washington to exert some leverage and negotiate on behalf of undocumented immigrants who arrived in the U.S. as children, a community known as dreamers.
The non-profit organization is focused on affordable housing and advocacy on behalf of immigrant communities.
On Thursday, Sistas and Brothas United (SBU) as well as members of the Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition dropped off signatures urging the passage of the Dream Act, which opens tuition assistance programs to undocumented immigrants.
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 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 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.
Astorino said that he is working on an Executive Order that will assuage the anxiety of many in the undocumented immigrant community that they can not report crimes or seek medical assistance for fear that they will be deported.
MS - 13 and other violent gangs are a plague on minority and immigrant communities, targeting black and Hispanic teens with extortion, beatings and murder.
When immigrant communities are undercounted, we lose out significantly on federal funding for our schools, roads, health care services, housing and as we did in the 2010 Census, we lose elected representation in congress.
Bringing up his three college - age daughters who he said are frightened about the new direction of the country, Cuomo ripped what he called the new «extreme right wing agenda that will trample on our rights» and has placed women, immigrants and members of the LGBT community under attack.
Steven Choi, executive director of the New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC), said the organization's upstate partners in central and western New York have been working on the ground from Rome to Rochester to highlight the «tragic deportations and fear» that ICE has brought about in the state's immigrant communities.
On Wednesday afternoon, Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued a cease and desist letter to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in which he threatened to take legal action against the agency if it does not stop its «reckless and unconstitutional practices» in immigrant communities.
«We recognize and we need to, again, have another discussion on community - based organizations that serve marginalized communities, immigrant communities, either the Asian community, organizations that serve women and girls and communities of color and recognize that they are disproportionately under - resourced in the city of New York,» she said.
«Marco Rubio has no support in the immigrant or Latino community for his stance on immigration,» Rep. Jose Serrano of the Bronx told Reid Pillifant in January.
The irony here is if this tweeter was told that the issue was of British migrants (like myself, a British immigrant living in Turkey) putting pressure on communities abroad, she would probably be leaping to attack anybody who dared to disagree with Harris» Romanian or Turkish equivalent.
On an unrelated matter, Picente noted that he had attended an event in support of the sizable immigrant community in Oneida County, particularly Utica, which has a long history of welcoming refugees, though it is not an official sanctuary city.
I feel confident that we will have the support of this Lieutenant Governor and this Governor moving forward on issues that are important to immigrant communities here in New York City.
Inner London on the deprived fringe of Fulham and Kensington, where upmarket bars turn into fruit and veg stalls and the old west end communities rub up against the Asian and Caribbean immigrant families who frequent the street markets and halal butchers.
Also at 6 p.m., the New York Women's Foundation presents a panel discussion on the power of immigrant communities, Brooklyn Borough Hall, 209 Joralemon St., Brooklyn.
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on Thursday released a «legal roadmap» for New York cities who wish to protect immigrant communities under the incoming presidential administration of Donald Trump.
NYC Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, an advocate for immigrants and the Latino community, said she would dedicate a speech she is delivering on immigration in Washington D.C., tomorrow to Trump because his rhetoric about immigrants has helped engage them in the political process.
State lawmakers and advocates for immigrant communities on Wednesday rallied at the Capitol to push for a well - known and historically controversial proposal: Giving undocumented New Yorkers driver's licenses.