Sentences with phrase «poor immigrant children»

Piney Branch Elementary serves an incredibly diverse group of 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders, from the children of übereducated white and black middle - class families, to poor immigrant children from Latin America, Ethiopia, and Eritrea, to low - income African American kids.

Wanting to see for himself, Mike visits his local elementary school in Takoma Park, Maryland, where «the children of übereducated whites» are in the same classrooms as poor blacks, black middle - class families» and «poor immigrant children from Latin America, Ethiopia, and Eritrea.»

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For over 50 years, regardless of the political environment or changes in the economy, GLIDE has stood with the most vulnerable, including poor people, those with illness, people of color, immigrants, as well as all families and children fleeing war and oppression.

As I go to court with poor immigrants, visit their children in schools and translate for them in job interviews, I am always stmck by how much social capital I have by simply being able to speak English well and to work as a professional in the community.

Our task now is to support the good in Mr. Trump's policies and to resist the bad — and thereby prove to our countrymen that the meaning of «pro-life» begins with the unborn child, but in embracing the poor, the elderly and the immigrant, it never ends there.

For the United States, those changing circumstances involved the children and grandchildren of poor Catholic immigrants.

We can't call ourselves Catholic, and then simply stand by while immigrants get mistreated, or the poor get robbed, or unborn children get killed.

So I hope that as he flies home on September 27, the Holy Father will understand that American Catholics share every ounce of his passion for Christian service and human dignity — beginning with the unborn child, but not ending there; including the poor and the immigrant, but reaching from conception to natural death... and confirming that the «joy of the Gospel» comes from a Gospel of Life.

Essentially they are the ones who are not strong enough to be advocates for themselves: prisoners, very old and very poor people, household workers, most people who live in Third World countries, retarded children and adults, schoolchildren, immigrants, farm workers, unemployed persons, the institutionalized mentally ill, sometimes women, sometimes gays.

The so - called «racist vans», which drove around poor, mixed areas of London with some pretty ugly Children of Men - style demands for illegal immigrants to «go home», recently forced Twitter into a spasm of liberal outrage.

«As the national debate on immigration has grown stronger, including immigrants» use of many social services, some have argued that the reason for the high child poverty rate has mostly been due to the large number of children in low - skilled, poor immigrant families,» Joo said.

«We also know that it disproportionally affects poor and minority children, and children in immigrant families.»

Immigrant children are at risk for poor school achievement, particularly when they are from low - income families.

Well it may not be the best movie Disney ever made, but it is still a fantastic look into not only the world of cross country running, but what it's like to be a child of immigrant workers in one of the poorest towns in America.

Making matters worse for immigrant children is the fact that many enter poor school districts with insufficient English language learner courses and certified teachers.

Civil - rights advocates were initially skeptical, but many saw the potential power of a reform movement that would not brook separate and lower expectations for poor children, immigrants, or racial minorities.

Some will claim that demographic changes — most - notably the growth in the percentage of poor, Latino, and immigrant children — is the culprit.

In its review of the ESSA blueprint, the Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education cautioned the performance of poor children, minorities, immigrants and other under - performing «subgroups» could be downplayed in the state scoring system.»

Most urban Catholic schools were originally built to educate the children of European immigrants; today, they mostly serve poor African American and Latino students.

He says not only does more money need to be invested into children, but the state has to realize that it takes more money to educate certain groups, the poor and homeless, refugee and immigrant children and special education kids.

A child of poor Mexican immigrants who graduates from Harvard Law School.

They have a better child care system, more vacation and more free time; they also have a higher rate of unionization, higher unemployment rate (it's particularly dismal for young workers), lower productivity, and a growing discord between the (largely immigrant) poor and the rest of the country.

Life and family events premigration and postmigration have been found to have a profound effect on the health and well - being of immigrant children.1, 2 Risk factors include trauma, separation from parents, nonvoluntary migration, obstacles in the acculturation process, 3 and children who immigrate in their mid - or late teens.1, 4 Research also shows that parents who have experienced or witnessed violence have poorer mental health, 2,5 which is likely to affect parent — child attachment and negatively impact child development and mental health.5 Transitioning to a new country may be beneficial for both parents and children, but it may render new and unexpected constraints in the parent — child relationship (eg, children tend to acculturate to the new country faster than their parents), cause disharmony and power conflicts, 6 — 8 and, subsequently, affect the child's mental health.9

Drawing from the studies on international immigrants, we hypothesise that the IM children would also have poor health access, and their service utilisation is positively associated with their parents» acculturation.