Sentences with phrase «paid legal immigrants»
There are a ton of statistics that show we have skilled students out of college in the STEM fields that can't find jobs because many are held by lower paid legal immigrants and visa holders.»
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The state currently pays the full cost of Medicaid coverage for certain immigrants who are ineligible for federal matching funds (for instance, legal immigrants who arrived in the past five years).
After months of squabbling over how to pay for immigration - related legal services for undocumented immigrants convicted of crimes and facing deportation, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio's office and the City Council came to a compromise.
Its members assert that the arrangement has allowed them to advance liberal measures — like a legal fund for undocumented immigrants, a minimum wage hike and paid family leave — that would otherwise have no chance in a Republican - controlled body.
The Independent Democratic Conference is happy to put its record of accomplishments — a $ 15 minimum wage, a $ 10 million dollar immigrant legal defense fund and the strongest paid family leave program in the nation — against the do nothing Working Families Party,» she said.
Klein's turncoat coterie has insisted that their relationship with Republicans has enabled the passage of liberal measures — including paid family leave, a minimum wage hike, laws barring the prosecution of minors as adults for certain nonviolent offenses and the creation fund for the legal defense of undocumented immigrants.
After months of squabbling over how to pay for immigration - related legal services for undocumented immigrants convicted of crimes and facing deportation, Mayor Bill de Blasio's office and the City Council came to a compromise on Monday.
The IDC, led by Bronx State Senator Jeffrey Klein, have asserted that the arrangement with the GOP has permitted the passage of numerous liberal measures — including gun control, paid family leave, a minimum wage hike and the creation of a legal services fund for undocumented immigrants.
From paying for college to obtaining legal status, there are many hurdles that new immigrants must overcome.
«Basically, we try to help refugees and immigrants who can't afford to go to a private lawyer and pay the legal fees,» says Marie Kettle, ARIS Settlement Coordinator.