Sentences with phrase «poor immigrants on»

President Lyndon B. Johnson, a former school teacher of poor immigrants on the outskirts of the American Dream, recognized the awesome power of the federal government to ensure that all students, regardless of socioeconomic status, receive a quality education.

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A Christian can not choose not to speak on behalf of the poor, the immigrants, the elderly, the disabled, and the family.

But the fact remains that Ted Kennedy rolled on from the events at Edgartown and molded a reputation as a social justice warrior, a champion of immigrants, universal health care, and the poor.

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.

On this question, the bishops have a long - standing and settled conviction — not unrelated to the immigrant history of Catholicism in this country — that a generous immigration policy is good for poor people seeking opportunity, good for America, and good for the Catholic Church.

On its website the Alliance party describes its aims as being «to build a Northern Irish society devoid of segregation, sectarianism and prejudice where everyone - Catholic or Protestant, black or white, local or immigrant, rich or poor, young or old - can live their live the way they want, free from fear».

Instead, she said, the groups are focusing on helping the poor, battling global warming, increasing voter participation, and rights for immigrants.

The spot will focus on the Gristedes CEO's upbringing as a poor immigrant and will contain other biographical information to help him connect with outer - borough voters.

Menchaca, in an interview with Gay City News last month, emphasized that his work as a councilmember is focused on empowering a poor community with a large immigrant population, both Latino and Asian, that has long been neglected by the powers that be.

Poor performance by immigrants on IQ tests had nothing to do with ethnicity and everything to do with poverty.

«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.

But both immediately recognized that their questionnaires documenting the health, social networks, and personality traits of Vietnamese immigrants and mostly poor, black, single mothers before the hurricane had taken on outsize significance.

Democrats prodded Ross on whether Census officials are doing enough to contact groups traditionally undercounted — including the poor and homeless, minorities, those in rural areas, and immigrants — and complained that budget woes have already forced cancellation of the communications and community outreach component of next spring's dress rehearsal.

An actor who virtually put a trademark on cantankerous behavior, Matthau was a staple of the American cinema for almost four decades.The son of poor Jewish - Russian immigrants, Matthau was born on October 1, 1920, in New York City and raised in a cold - water flat on the Lower East Side.

Beatriz at Dinner (Director: Miguel Arteta, Screenwriter: Mike White)-- Beatriz, an immigrant from a poor town in Mexico, has drawn on her innate kindness to build a career as a health practitioner.

Beatriz, an immigrant from a poor town in Mexico, has drawn on her innate kindness to build a career as a health practitioner in Southern California.

Beatriz (Salma Hayek), an immigrant from a poor town in Mexico, has drawn on her innate kindness to build a career as a health practitioner in Los Angeles.

«Alias Grace» is based on the true story of a poor Irish immigrant, housemaid Grace Marks (Sarah Gadon), who is locked up in an Ontario penitentiary for double murder.

Based on the Margaret Atwood novel of the same name, Alias Grace follows Grace Marks, a poor, young Irish immigrant and domestic servant in Upper Canada who, along with stable hand James

Atwood based it on the real life of a poor, disenfranchised, long - suffering Irish - Canadian immigrant and maid who was found guilty of murder in 1843.

In 2001, he became founding principal of Bronx International High School, a dare - you - to - beat - the - odds school for poor immigrant students, which went on to receive some of the best scores among peer institutions in the city.

For this series he worked on the Lower Eastside of New York in a building that for almost two centuries had been a stopping point for poor immigrants.

Speaking of race, writes Imani Perry in Race and Rioting: «Yesterday was the first time that I heard race or immigrant status mentioned on broadcast television with respect to the recent uprisings and protests occurring in poor and working class suburbs across France.

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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

In addition, little knowledge is available on the effect of parenting support programmes delivered to immigrant parents.24 The few studies available have mostly shown little or no improvement in the mental health of immigrant parents25 26 or even poorer outcomes for immigrant families27 and families with low socioeconomic status.28 Scarcity of studies in this area may simply because few immigrant parents participate in such programmes.24 Several studies have reported difficulties in recruiting and retaining immigrant parents in parenting support programmes.29 30 Factors such as belonging to an ethnic minority, low socioeconomic status, practical aspects or experienced alienation and discrimination all contribute to low participation.28 31 Other studies have demonstrated that low participation and a high dropout rate of immigrant parents are associated with a lack of cultural sensitivity in the intervention, poor information about the parenting programme and lack of trust towards professionals.24 A qualitative study conducted with Somali - born parents in Sweden showed that Somali parents experienced many societal challenges in the new country and in their parenting behaviours.

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.