Sentences with phrase «unaccompanied minor immigrants»
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.
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Reyes made clear that he will further champion the rights of all students including immigrants and unaccompanied minors to get an equal education.
The speaker noted that under her tenure, the City Council has passed legislation significantly reducing the city's cooperation with immigration enforcement efforts except in the cases of violent offenders, and that it has fully financed programs that offer universal representation to detained immigrants and unaccompanied minors and young mothers with children placed in expedited removal proceedings.
Recently arrived immigrant English learners (RAIELs) are a highly diverse group, encompassing important subgroups such as students with refugee status, unaccompanied minors, and students with limited or interrupted formal education (SLIFEs).
Earlier this month, the American Civil Liberties Union revealed in a lawsuit on behalf of three undocumented immigrant youth that the federal agency is teaming up with police departments (including the 250 law enforcement agencies operated by traditional district schools) to pick up, detain, and ultimately, deport unaccompanied refugee children and other undocumented minors.
Michelle Quintero - Millan provided legal services to unaccompanied immigrant minors on the U.S. - Mexico border.
Considering the fact that only 8 percent of adult immigrants without counsel prevail in immigration court, it is difficult to overstate the challenges that unaccompanied minors face in immigration court without counsel.
That agreement is the major legal document governing the rights of unaccompanied immigrant minors, and among other things, it requires federal authorities to comply with all applicable child welfare laws of the state in which the facility is located.
Representing Abused, Abandoned, Neglected Unaccompanied Minors in State Court Proceedings, Continuing Legal Education Pro Bono Seminars held in January, 2003 (co-sponsored by Children & Youth Law Clinic, Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center and the American Immigration Lawyers Association; March, 2003 (co-sponsored by FIAC and Holland & Knight); and July, 2003 (co-sponsored by Legal Aid Service of Broward County, Broward Lawyers Care, and FIAC).
Immigrant Legal Resource Center Able to Discuss Impact of Provisions on Sanctuary Cities, Unaccompanied Minors, Gang Allegations
The new website responds to the crisis of unaccompanied immigrant minors in immigration court proceedings.
Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) KIND, like the Unaccompanied Minors Project, is an organization that assists unaccompanied immigrant children in need of legal counsel in the UUnaccompanied Minors Project, is an organization that assists unaccompanied immigrant children in need of legal counsel in the Uunaccompanied immigrant children in need of legal counsel in the United States.