Sentences with phrase «points about immigration»

It's fair to say that I did embellish a serious point about an immigration loophole with a certain choice description, reflecting the frustration many Conservative MPs feel at their Coalition colleague's «differentiation» strategy - or put simply - rubbishing the Tories at every opportunity and taking the credit for «good» policies and distancing themselves from the less popular but invariably courageous and right ones.

To make a point about immigration, Banksy graffitied a wall of «the Jungle» migrant camp in Calais with an image of Steve Jobs as the son of Syrian migrants.

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And at that point, immigration reform was about controlling the vicissitudes of undocumented and primarily unskilled workers.

Other than DACA, other notable immigration discussions have involved talks about «chain» migration (family based migration), refugees, Temporary Protected Status (TPS), diversity visas, and the RAISE Act was introduced about a year ago by two senators, which would limit legal immigration and include a points system.

Political commentators are right to point out voter concerns about immigration, economic distress caused by globalization, and the technocratic establishment....

Flint dismissed recent comments by Tony Blair about immigration by pointing at that both he and Gordon Brown could have attempted to reform freedom of movement while they were in Number 10.

To be fair, when Schama is writing about the Civil War or immigration he is knowledgeable and interesting, but then fails to draw the lessons of the past to point to the future.

Asked about the difference in policy, Mark - Viverito said she hoped Hochul would reflect her new statewide standing, and pointed to the example of Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who quickly evolved from prior positions as a gun rights supporter skeptical of immigration reform, after she was appointed to the U.S. Senate.

McDiarmid, who also starred in Spooks, Sleepy Hollow and last year's blockbuster The Lost City of Z, has pointed to the parallels between 1968 and now with concerns about immigration high on the political agenda.

Asked what he believed had motivated Leave voters, he pointed to nostalgia and bogus fears about immigration.

Ed had been able to get across the worry a lot of Core labour voters have about immigration concerning work, and not be shouted down as a racist by the likes of Diane Abbott, the way other labour supporters like lord Glasman or rod Liddle have in the past, when as Liddle pointed out lately, it's the rich bosses employing Eastern European workers that have financially benefitted, not the working class, and the mess Cameron has made over Junkter, is nothing to the failure of Ed, to score over Andy Coulson scandal,

Is it just a coincidence that when the Tory Party start talking about tax, immigration, Europe, law and order they put the government on the back foot, to point of bottling out of an early general election?

The U.K. government's plan to introduce a points - based immigration system won't begin to affect students coming from countries outside the European Union until the next academic year, but students are already talking about it.

About half the teachers said the number of bullying incidents related to national politics has increased in the past year?more so than for any other topic, although about 30 percent of teachers pointed to spikes in bullying related to immigration or language and race and ethniAbout half the teachers said the number of bullying incidents related to national politics has increased in the past year?more so than for any other topic, although about 30 percent of teachers pointed to spikes in bullying related to immigration or language and race and ethniabout 30 percent of teachers pointed to spikes in bullying related to immigration or language and race and ethnicity.

A National Post story says that, in an interview published July 1st and appearing in the French - language news weekly L'Express, «Suzuki was asked about Australian environmentalists who oppose immigration to their country because they believe population growth will drain natural resources past their breaking point.»

Up until that point, we were not entirely convinced about the information obtained from various other immigration lawyers and many of them were exorbitantly pricey for the value they seem to offer.

Which meant that Stinemetz was instructed to talk to her in a tone that was «confident and warm and straight to the point» and ask about her concerns regarding the Obama administration's positions on immigration, guns and other topics.