Sentences with phrase «said illegal immigration»

The Tory ex home secretary, Mr Clarke, said illegal immigration must be tackled through identity cards.

Former Conservative home secretary Ken Clarke has welcomed the appointment of Sajid Javid - but said illegal immigration must be tackled through identity cards.

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Abbott said that as a border state Texas has sustained millions of dollars in costs related to illegal immigration.

«We know that unemployment is higher than reported and that wages are lower partly due to illegal immigration» said Ira Mehlman, media director for the Federation for American Immigration Reform, a group that opposes the executimmigration» said Ira Mehlman, media director for the Federation for American Immigration Reform, a group that opposes the executImmigration Reform, a group that opposes the executive orders.

Trump has said he might have to build a fence, rather than a wall, in some areas of the U.S. - Mexican border to stop illegal immigration, tweaking one of his signature campaign promises.

Vox's Dara Lind and Matthew Yglesias say that's because Trump has moved the conversation into unfamiliar territory: from illegal immigration to legal immigration.

Alabama's immigration law, still unsettled, «makes it illegal for a Catholic priest to baptize, hear the confession of, celebrate the anointing of the sick with, or preach the word of God to, an undocumented immigrant,» as the Archbishop of Mobile, Thomas Rodi, said last year when he joined a suit against the law.

«The opponents of enforcing immigration law and supporters of amnesty for illegal immigrants are using this as an emotional issue, raising this phony idea that a nun ladling out soup to an illegal alien is going to be wrestled to the ground by a SWAT team,» he said.

However, Land said that before current immigrants are granted legal status, the U.S. must» [secure] the border first with measurable metrics that have been certified as met by the federal government in terms of stemming the flow of illegal immigration.»

No serious person ever says this, whatever his views on illegal immigrants or immigration generally.

I have to tell you, I am staunchly conservative, as I'm sure you can attest, and I am against the unending flood of illegal and undocuumented immigration into the U.S.. But, like the statement says, what we need is a logical, enforceable, orderly process by which we, as Americans, can express the opportunities to come enrich our culture to future immigrants that so many of our ancestors enjoyed, which coincides with the Church's admonition to help the needy.

Alabama's immigration law, still unsettled, «makes it illegal for a Catholic priest to baptise, hear the confession of, celebrate the anointing of the sick with, or preach the word of God to, an undocumented immigrant,» as the Archbishop of Mobile, Thomas Rodi, said last year when he joined a suit against the law.

Responding to Donald Trump's views on illegal immigration from our southern border, he said that anyone who wants to build a wall is not «Christian.»

The county executive notes that both he and Reagan became Republicans at the age of 50, and said the issue of «illegal immigration» was «the final straw» that pushed him to jump the Democratic ship.

The Trump administration would cut or delay funding for border surveillance, radar technology, patrol boats and customs agents in its upcoming spending plan to curb illegal immigration — all proven security measures that officials and experts have said are more effective than building a wall along the Mexican border.

The White House said the president planned to deploy the National Guard to the southern border to confront what it called a growing threat of illegal immigrants, drugs and crime from Central America after the president for the third consecutive day warned about the looming dangers of unchecked immigration.

The measure is opposed by Republican Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, who said the measure, which limits state and local police coordination with federal immigration enforcement, is potentially unconstitutional and illegal.

Terrified of being labelled as soft on illegal immigration, even those MPs who privately object to much of the «hostile environment» will not say so publicly.

State Senate GOP Leader John Flanagan, from Long Island, says there are some practical obstacles to building a wall along the entire US border with Mexico, though he says he is concerned with illegal immigration.

The leader of the immigration revolt — on an amendment, remember, which even the home secretary Theresa May had said was illegal under the Human Rights Act and the European Convention on Human Rights — was Dominic Raab, a bright international lawyer who knew exactly what he was doing, and was one of the stars of the 2010 intake.

He also spoke about the controversial Arizona immigration law that requires police to check the papers of people they suspect of being illegal immigrants, saying it underscores «a complete failure» by the federal government to secure the border.

«My Democratic colleagues» demand on illegal immigration at the behest of their far - left base have crowded out all other important business,» McConnell said.

«The government are kidding themselves if they think ID Cards for foreign nationals will protect against illegal immigration or terrorism - since they don't apply to those coming here for less than three months,» said shadow home secretary Dominic Grieve.

Contrary to media reports and allegations that there are some criminals and inhumane treatments to i illegal immigrants in the immigration process in Libya, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Libya has said there is an ongoing investigation by the concerned Libyan authorities to address the situation.

Ukip's migration spokesman Steven Woolfe also weighed in, saying: «The baseless statements from David Cameron and the Remain camp that France will scrap its bilateral Calais border control agreement with the UK, leaving our country vulnerable to illegal immigration and Calais - like «Jungle» camps on the south coast, are based on fear, negativity and a falsehood.»

«These measures are the next step in a comprehensive strategy building on the commitment that I made in July to transform the IND and boost its enforcement capability to ensure we tackle illegal immigration and provide a fair and effective immigration system fit for the 21st century,» said home secretary John Reid.

In addition, Cuomo said, law enforcement officers are blocked from seeking immigration status information unless they are investigating illegal criminal activity.

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Mark Morgan, the head of Border Patrol, is departing, news that comes less than 24 hours after Trump issued executive orders calling for the construction of a wall along the U.S. - Mexico border and a broad crackdown on illegal immigration.

In a statement Thursday, the head of the South Carolina GOP took issue with Sheheen's views on illegal immigration as just one example of what the state party says is a larger pattern with the candidate.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Meg Whitman, the Republican front - runner in the California gubernatorial primary, said Tuesday that Arizona is taking the wrong approach to illegal immigration with its tough new law.

Cross River Command of Nigeria Immigration Service, Cross River Command, On Tuesday said that 792 illegal immigrants have been repatriated to their countries and rescued 65 trafficked victims in the state in 2016.

«When it comes to illegal immigration, Senator Sheheen was too busy trying to appease ultra liberals to realize that South Carolinians expect tough action,» South Carolina Republican Party chairwoman Karen Floyd said in a written statement.

She said: «As the Prime Minister raised today, it was a Labour immigration minister who first used the term hostile environment, wanting to and I quote, «flush out illegal immigrants» and a decision as the Prime Minister said, was taken originally by a Labour administration.

Ramos last week denounced Levy as «king of the backpedalers» on illegal immigration — after Levy said he and other minority - caucus members purposely distort his positions.

Minister for Immigration Mark Harper says he will consider more rigorous checks at borders after a report warned that thousands of illegal immigrants attempting to get into the UK through France have not been fingerprinted for four years.

In the House of Commons yesterday, the prime minister said that «by its very nature, illegal immigration is very difficult to measure», but insisted that policies such as the electronic borders scheme and ID cards would help to address the problem.

«We don't want legislation that creates a sanctuary county and we want to make sure that the lines of legal and illegal immigration aren't blurred to be the same,» Legislator John Testa said.

«There is a crisis of confidence, there is a cloud over this appointment,» said King, whose opposition to stringent gun control, illegal immigration and round two of the bank bailout track closely to the new New York senator's right - of - center views.

He said: «I think all these targets are fairly useless You can't control illegal immigration until you have identity cards in this country.

«His strong stance [is] against illegal immigration,» former New York Gov. George Pataki said.

He said, however, his deputies will not question people about their immigration or citizenship status or go out looking for illegal immigrants.

The London Mayor, who once backed an amnesty for illegals, said that immigration had been «very beneficial in many respects» for the economy.

January 31, 2017 • Saying that President Trump's immigration ban is illegal, the state's lawsuit cites instances in which he said he would base immigration decisions on religion.

Officials of the Federation for American Immigration Reform and other national groups said their local chapters are pushing referendums, state legislation, and Congressional action to deny services to illegal immigrants.

Mr. Graham said that any Senate debate on the highly charged subject of illegal immigration would make it impossible to deal with the difficult issues involved in national energy and global warming policy.

His initiatives run the gamut from the gimmicky but pretty harmless, like forcing inmates to wear pink underwear (now available to the public), to the arrogant and arguably improper, like deciding to crack down on illegal immigration when and how he feels like it, regardless of what the federal government has to say about it.

On May 2, he said 18 supervisory immigration judges would be used to hear immigration cases near the border, and 35 new assistant U.S. attorneys would be sent to Southwest border states to handle prosecutions of improper entry, illegal re-entry, and alien smuggling.

President Trump tweeted Saturday saying he wants to send up to 4,000 National Guard troops to help fight illegal immigration and drug trafficking at the border

PHOENIX (AP)-- President Donald Trump said Thursday that he wants to send 2,000 and 4,000 National Guard members to the U.S. - Mexico border to help federal officials fight illegal immigration and...