Sentences with phrase «serving undocumented immigrants»

Some pastors and churches may be scared or confused over whether serving undocumented immigrants puts them on the wrong side of the law.

He has also expanded paid sick leave and the living wage law, altered the policy for making marijuana possession arrests and laid the groundwork for a municipal identification card designed to serve undocumented immigrants.

Given B, would it then be legal for a restaurant, for example, to refuse to serve an undocumented immigrant?

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But as Trump's executive order has heightened deportation efforts, it's also energized a vocal minority of mainline Protestant and Catholic churches — many of which have served as a weekly place of worship for the undocumented immigrants they end up harboring.

The Council has funded attorneys for unaccompanied minor immigrants who have flooded New York City's federal courts, passed the municipal identification card program dubbed IDNYC, and has kicked Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers off of Rikers Island, where they had frequently issued detainer orders for undocumented immigrants who had served time accused of nonviolent crimes.

Also in his January executive order, President Trump called for the expansion of a program that authorizes local authorities to serve as immigration enforcement officers to arrest undocumented immigrants who threaten the community.

He said the effort to crack down on undocumented immigrants has served to galvanize people.

While serving as a congresswoman, Gillibrand was also against amnesty for undocumented immigrants and so - called «sanctuary cities» for undocumented immigrants.

She previously served as the Erie County clerk, where she rose to prominence opposing Eliot Spitzer's plan to offer driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants.

Queens Assemblyman Francisco Moya spoke of undocumented immigrants in the military who he said proudly serve the country — he gave the example of his father, a Vietnam War veteran who immigrated from Ecuador and became a citizen not too long ago.

Also serving as a historical record is Bowers» Roundtable Discussion (2016) that features Patrisse Cullers (one of the founders of Black Lives Matter), Jennicet Gutierrez (an undocumented trans - immigrant activist), and CeCe McDonald (a trans - activist who served time in an all - male prison).

Alexander Limontes, an Indiana bodily injury lawyer of Hispanic descent, had written an article that now serves as my primer on representing undocumented immigrants.