Sentences with phrase «undocumented immigrants in the country»

He attacked GOP front - runner Donald Trump, calling the bombastic billionaire «idiotic» for his plan to deport all 11 million undocumented immigrants in the country now.

In an exclusive interview Tuesday on CNN's John King, USA, Gov. Jan Brewer, R - Arizona, said until the borders are secure, she has no interest in working with President Obama on passing a comprehensive federal immigration bill that includes a path to citizenship for the millions of undocumented immigrants in the country.

Not exact matches

One area in which Petersen breaks with Trump very specifically is the issue of «the wall,» which the president has long promised to build along the entire US - Mexico border to stem the tide of undocumented immigrants and drugs entering the country.

Business organizations like the Chamber of Commerce have called for immigration reform, saying immigrants are good for the economy while advocating a tough but «fair process for undocumented people who are living in our country today to earn a legal status.»

But a crackdown would directly affect an array of industries that historically have relied on the labor pool of an estimated 8.1 million undocumented immigrants who work (or look for work) in the U.S. Trump has also threatened to ban Muslim immigration, create a registry of Muslims in the country, surveil mosques, and introduce «extreme vetting» of visa applicants» religious beliefs.

In a series of tweets, President Trump blamed Democrats and the Mexican government for allowing undocumented Mexican immigrants into the country, exclaiming «NO MORE DACA DEAL» in one of the tweetIn a series of tweets, President Trump blamed Democrats and the Mexican government for allowing undocumented Mexican immigrants into the country, exclaiming «NO MORE DACA DEAL» in one of the tweetin one of the tweets.

As New York State budget talks reach their final days, and perhaps even hours, a group of Hispanic lawmakers is pushing for the inclusion of the Dream Act in the budget, It would offer college aid to children of undocumented immigrants who were born in the country.

«Utilizing families and their pain and using undocumented immigrants and putting the law in one lump - sum category and vilifying them as criminals is obviously a false narrative that he continues to hold up and it's very dangerous and divisive to this country,» she said during a press conference after Trump signed the executive orders at City Hall.

In July, City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito commissioned an analysis on how much Trump's plans to deport undocumented immigrants and ban Muslims from entering the country would cost New York City.

Mark - Viverito commissioned an analysis earlier this year on the potential price of deporting undocumented immigrants and prohibiting Muslims from entering the country — which found they could cost the city and the state $ 800 million in tax revenue and bring about a decrease of 340,000 jobs.

In his «100 - day action plan to Make America Great Again,» Trump said he would «cancel all federal funding to sanctuary cities,» roll back President Barack Obama's executive actions shielding undocumented foreign nationals who arrived as children, deport what he claims are «more than two million criminal illegal immigrants from the country» and get eliminate of visas to foreign countries that will not take them back.

In the wake of Trump's broad executive orders on deporting undocumented immigrants, Suffolk County police officials are wrestling with a conundrum facing police departments across the country: how to shut down a violent gang when the immigrants they will need as witnesses and tipsters may be afraid to come forward.

The fate of young undocumented immigrants was in doubt and the odds of a government shutdown appeared to be growing in the wake of Trump's dismissal of «shithole countries» in Africa and his rejection of a bipartisan proposal to aid the «Dreamers.»

Steve Choi, president of the New York Immigration Coalition, a prominent immigrant advocacy group that has hosted a number of actions in response to Trump's immigration policies such as the executive orders targeting people from Muslim - majority countries, said that as a state legislator, Schneiderman was an early supporter of driver's licenses for undocumented immigrants.

Before the president spoke, a succession of local speakers and elected officials addressed the crowd in Spanish, repeatedly using the phrase «noche histórico» --» historic night» — to describe to the occasion: the declaration of Mr. Obama's plan to allow some four million undocumented immigrants who have resided in the United States for five years to register to avoid deportation and work legally in the country, permitted they have no criminal record.

The mayor gave comprehensive immigration reform as an example, which he said is a fundamental issue for New Yorkers given that the city has half a million undocumented immigrants, saying the reform «would do arguably more for New York City than any city in the country.»

On Thursday, the state Assembly voted 87 - 45 for the DREAM Act, a bill that would open up state - level college tuition assistance to children of immigrants and undocumented immigrants who are in the country illegally.

The Trump administration is planning an increase in federal immigration jails across the country for the thousands of additional undocumented immigrants its agents are arresting.

A group of Democratic women in U.S. Senate are calling for the body to pass legislation to protect undocumented immigrants who came to the country as children, also known as Dreamers, before the December break.

Trump faced anger, confusion and disgust from across the political spectrum after indicating that he was open to letting some undocumented immigrants remain in the country legally provided that they paid «back taxes.»

The sanctuary cities debate has surged to the top of the agenda for states and localities across the country since November's presidential election, and it has been amplified in recent weeks amid a perceived crackdown on undocumented immigrants by the Trump administration.

City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito called on New York City to follow Syracuse's footsteps and offer shelter to some of the unaccompanied, undocumented immigrant children flooding into the country as they flee violence in Central America.

This puts Syracuse on a list of sanctuary cities across the country that have policies in place to protect undocumented immigrants from being deported.

That agenda has included temporarily - blocked executive orders barring entry to people from Muslim - majority countries and withholding funding to so - called «sanctuary cities» for undocumented immigrants, a proposal to build a wall along the Mexican border, expanding immigration detention and apprehension of wanted foreign nationals in and outside civil and criminal courtrooms.

TAPPER: Governor Pataki, Republicans right now are — are debating birthright citizenship, the policy of granting U.S. citizenship to every baby born in this country, even if they born 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.

President Donald Trump has decided to end the Obama - era program that grants work permits to undocumented immigrants who arrived in the country as children President Trump announced Tuesday that his administration would end an Obama - era program that allowed young undocumented immigrants to live in the country

The bill aimed to give permanent green cards for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. before the age of 16 and have lived in the country for at least 5 years.

US Born, Living in Mexico and Ineligible for Basic Services The Associated Press, July 18, 2012» «These are children who are kind of stateless in both countries,» said Hirokazu Yoshikawa, academic dean at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and author of Immigrants Raising Citizens: Undocumented Parents and Their Young Children.»

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Implemented in the United States a little over one year ago, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program provides an opportunity for undocumented immigrants who entered the U.S. as children to remain in the country without fear of deportation, and allows them more opportunities in the areas of work and education.

Although it is difficult to get an accurate picture of the immigrant population in the United States, researchers estimate that 1.8 million undocumented children and youth are now living in the country.

While President Barack Obama pushes an overhaul of the country's federal immigration laws, states are likely to decide whether undocumented immigrants should get in - state tuition.

There's much more to love: Adichie's depictions of modern Lagos, her portrait of life as an undocumented immigrant, her exploration of why someone who lived in a country that wasn't facing starvation or genocide, but simply a lack of opportunity, might be willing to risk all for a chance in the West — I could go on, but I'll stop there and just tell you to pick this one up already.

Statistically speaking, the undocumented immigrant population has grown to 27 % between the years 2000 to 2009 and in 2012, the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement has removed 409,849 undocumented immigrants, most of which accepted repatriation to their home countries.

Your children born in other countries and brought to the U.S. illegally are usually considered undocumented immigrants and can be deported.