Sentences with phrase «parents came to this country»

I'm a second - generation migrant, my parents came to this country from Pakistan, just like the Windrush generation, obviously a different part of the world, from South Asia not the Caribbean, but other than that, similar in almost every way.»

«Like the Caribbean Windrush generation, my parents came to this country from the Commonwealth in the 1960s,» he said.

His parents came to this country from Mexico, with no education and no prospects for work.

As immigrants, my parents came to this country in search of opportunity, and taught me from their experience the power that education has to open doors.

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Timing wise, he said it is crucial that Congress pass legislation by March 5, which is when the DACA program, which has provided undocumented immigrants who came to the country as minors with their parents to apply for renewable work permits, will officially expire.

The President's plan would broaden the eligibility requirements of a current policy that grants deferred action to immigrants who came into the country illegally as children (expanding it to reach about 300,000 new individuals), and, most significantly, would also give the same protection to immigrant parents who have children born in the U.S..

A couple of months ago, for example, I saw several different students successively one afternoon, one Jewish, several Christian, but also a Muslim student, whose parents immigrated to this country from the Middle East, and a Hindu student whose parents came here from India.

We hear it time and time again from parents across the country: «Our children hate to come to the Islamic Center.»

«I never thought, as a first - generation American, whose parents and grandparents loved freedom and came here because they didn't want the government telling them what to believe and how to believe... that we'd have a president of the United States who would roll over that and impose his secular values on the people of this country.»

My parents come from a country that was colonized until recently by the French, and I'm therefore always uncomfortable when «missionary work» or bringing the Gospel to our «brothers & sisters in the dark» are mentioned in the context of church communities working abroad.

In certain forms of Christianity, it is similar to the groveling experience of a child who is driven back to a harsh parent by an intense fear of abandonment To be healing, reconciliation must be like the experience of the Prodigal who comes to himself in a breakthrough of self - awareness and realizes that the parent's love has never left him, even in the far country of rebellioto the groveling experience of a child who is driven back to a harsh parent by an intense fear of abandonment To be healing, reconciliation must be like the experience of the Prodigal who comes to himself in a breakthrough of self - awareness and realizes that the parent's love has never left him, even in the far country of rebellioto a harsh parent by an intense fear of abandonment To be healing, reconciliation must be like the experience of the Prodigal who comes to himself in a breakthrough of self - awareness and realizes that the parent's love has never left him, even in the far country of rebellioTo be healing, reconciliation must be like the experience of the Prodigal who comes to himself in a breakthrough of self - awareness and realizes that the parent's love has never left him, even in the far country of rebellioto himself in a breakthrough of self - awareness and realizes that the parent's love has never left him, even in the far country of rebellion.

When the in laws came to stay we went for a lovely long walk in the New Forest and we visited Royal Victoria Country Park this weekend with my parents.

Her parents divorced when she was very young (which created all sorts of problems for her mother in a country where women need to be married), and when a college boyfriend she broke up with told her she was incapable of love because she came from a «broken family,» she wondered — was that true?

We surveyed over 20,000 families from all across the country to get the scoop on what parents are willing to pay for — and what they're willing to pay extra for — when it comes to childcare in 2017!

When it comes to making changes to school lunch options around the country, food service directors are often met with resistance from staff, parents, and students.

Every day when I come to work one of the first things I do is check the e-mails I get from parents and coaches all across the country with stories from newspapers about youth sports, including one from Moms Team expert, Doug Abrams.

Parents who work at Mountain Buggy are some of the luckiest in the country when it comes to childcare......

To help educate new parents across the country about germs, Ali has come up with several tips to creating a healthier home environment — while still letting baby's curiosity thrivTo help educate new parents across the country about germs, Ali has come up with several tips to creating a healthier home environment — while still letting baby's curiosity thrivto creating a healthier home environment — while still letting baby's curiosity thrive.

Parents who work at phil & teds are some of the luckiest in the country when it comes to childcare.

«For those of us who came to this country with our parents to find a better life, and have struggled daily to get by and faced the threat of being torn from our family, it's unbelievable that the governor would try to claim to have shared our experience,» he said.

He also touched on streetism where he said, some of the children he spoke to revealed that they have been forced to come to the city to seek greener pastures because their parents have abandoned them to also do same in other countries.

Sadly, my parents live all the way across the country in Pennsylvania so they won't be close by to help me when the baby comes.

In New Zealand this is particularly true — we come from a country where the traditional nuclear family is officially no longer a majority and where a quarter of Kiwi kids are growing up in single - parent households.2 If you are one of these single parents, it can be comforting to know that you are not alone, that you are part of a growing New Zealand demographic.3 If you are a single parent and dating, it is extra comforting to know that this means there are others out there who can understand your situation.

Elena Paparizou was born on 31 January 1982 in Borås, Västergötland, Sweden; she was the youngest child of Greek parents Georgios Paparizos When most men think of international dating one of the first countries that comes to mind is Russia.

But those efforts can appear tiny in situations where students are immigrants whose parents moved them to a new country or come from low - income families and feel they have little power to confront multiple economic and social challenges.

While doing so, I will exclude the experiences of the Kurdish youth who live in both neighborhoods because these young people, who came to the city after 1990 with forced migration, relate to the city and the country differently from youth whose parents were born in squatter neighborhoods.

Many of our students» parents are immigrants who can credit their own interest and ability in mathematics with allowing them to come to this country.

* Children who left both parents behind in their country of origin to join other family members or who came to the U.S. with a parent leaving the other behind in country of origin reported higher levels of depressive symptoms.

The research comes ahead of this year's Anti-Bullying Week (14 - 18 November), with co-ordinated events in schools and communities across the country to encourage children, teachers and parents to take positive action against bullying.

The tests in the top - performing countries come at key gateways when students advance from one school to another and have a purpose that is clearly understood by students, parents and teachers.

I challenge parents, teachers, and activists around the country to come together in support of school choice.

Plans in the document to turn every state school in England into an academy by 2022 have come under fire from teaching unions and parents» groups, with ongoing protests against forced academisation planned across the country.

And in the coming months, they will tell their stories to parents, teachers, and legislators in their communities and across the country.

That's why parents across the country came together to ask the NAACP to reconsider this resolution - and to visit their children's schools to learn more about how charter schools are helping black children succeed.

In the last seven months, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has poured more than $ 10 million into implementation and parent support for the Core... [Including] $ 3.7 million to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to support the Core at a time when it has come under increasing attack across the country, for both educational and political reasons.

Despite the painfully bad educational outcomes in many public schools in ghettos across the country, there are also cases where charter schools in the very same ghettos turn out students whose test scores are not only far higher than those in other ghetto schools, but sometimes are comparable to the test scores in schools in upscale suburban communities, where children come from intact families with highly educated parents.

While thousands of DACA recipients arrive from Asia, Europe, and the Caribbean, the vast majority of recipients come to the United States from Mexico and other Latin American countries.2 In addition to the threat of losing DACA, many Latinx students must also bear the burden of immigration policies that separate parents from their children.

The bill comes amid a growing movement in Wisconsin and across the country of parents choosing to opt their children out of taking state - mandated tests.

My age: 30, Single (will get married in a year), parents are not dependent on me (but I wish to take care of them in future) Residing country: Singapore (Planning to come back in 1 - 2 yrs and settle down in Hyderabad Heath status is good, non smoker & non drinker Health insurance: Yes.

Interested to know since I am a dual citizen, Canadian and another country and in a situation where my parents passed away and inheritance is coming my way in the form of a few properties in the foreign country which totals more than 100K.

To come up with an estimate, we consulted a Today's Parent magazine article by John Hoffman which attempted to quantify the cost of unsubsidized daycare across the countrTo come up with an estimate, we consulted a Today's Parent magazine article by John Hoffman which attempted to quantify the cost of unsubsidized daycare across the countrto quantify the cost of unsubsidized daycare across the country.

Even though his parents — Sheba and Nanook — had come from cold climate countries, Inuka is very well adjusted to Singapore's climate and has become one of the highlights of the Singapore Zoo.

February is quickly coming to an end, and as we look forward to the arrival of March dogs in animal shelters across the country are hoping that the new month will bring about a new chapter in their lives as they wait to be adopted by a forever pet parent.

When it came now, then fast forward to where we are today, we are organized and networking with parents and law enforcement and community leaders throughout the state of California and throughout the country to fight the further proliferation of marijuana, because we know what it's doing to our kids.

When his parents came to visit them in the United States for the first time in 2000, they purchased travel insurance from their home country.

My age: 30, Single (will get married in a year), parents are not dependent on me (but I wish to take care of them in future) Residing country: Singapore (Planning to come back in 1 - 2 yrs and settle down in Hyderabad Heath status is good, non smoker & non drinker Health insurance: Yes.

The organization's campaign comes after international experts concluded that an egalitarian approach to parenting can decrease the domestic violence case throughout the country.

She is passionate about helping families settle in the United Kingdom from these countries and says that timing is everything when it comes to offering parenting support, following a thorough assessment of needs and readiness.

In state after state, country after country, when shared parenting legislation comes before a house or senate committee, those lining up to speak against it are mostly family attorneys.

When I think of the world my parents came from and arriving in Canada, I can not begin to describe my gratitude for the life this country permitted us all to live.