Sentences with phrase «was a citizen when»

«He was a citizen when he came here so why was he treated like an illegal immigrant?

It is the same naivety that made my dad, being a citizen when he arrived here, refused by landlords saying «no blacks, no Irish no dogs».

They were citizens when we invited them 70 years ago.

Anyone who was a citizen when the law came into force will keep their citizenship, regardless of the generation in which they were born, and regardless of whether they were ever issued a proof of citizenship.

Not exact matches

GDPR will codify data protection rules for all companies that collect data from EU citizens while greatly expanding individuals» control over how and when their personal data is collected and used.

«When I think about how I understand my role as citizen, setting aside being president, and the most important set of understandings that I bring to that position of citizen, the most important stuff I've learned I think I've learned from novels,» he recently told The New York Review of Books.

Could Zuckerberg still be fantasizing about the day when Chinese authorities bring down their «Great Wall,» allowing Facebook access to its more than 1.3 billion citizens?

The «right to be forgotten» made headlines in the U.S. in 2014 when a citizen of Spain won a judgment that Google had to take down personal information about him.

When traumatized citizens discover that shops and restaurants have reopened — acts driven by entrepreneurs — people start to reclaim the faith that a sense of normalcy is possible.

When it came to that last question, there was plenty of anger to go around, with many complaining about David Cameron's decision to call the referendum, others infuriated at the weak Leave campaign, and still others offering less than polite commentary on segments of their fellow citizens.

Organizations are recognized as good community citizens when they support programs that improve the quality of life in their community, including crime prevention, employment, environmental programs, clean - up and beautification, recycling, and restoration.

Hardly a Congressional hearing goes by without some lawmaker, Democrat or Republican, reporting complaints from the home constituency about credit - worthy citizens being turned down when applying for a mortgage.

When Tala met a woman who got married in Italy and learned that it was the easiest European country for British citizens to wed, it seemed like a no - brainer.

«And on May the ninth, when I learned that I had been fired, I immediately came home as a private citizen.

When announcing that he would pull out of the Paris climate agreement in June, Trump said he «was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris» in a Rose Garden announcement.

When asked if the tax disparity was fair to Canadian companies, Trudeau responded that his government's first concern is for citizens.

Businessmen, couples, senior citizens, and families with young kids, questioned, searched, and detained for hours when they tried to enter or leave the U.S. None were on terror watchlists.

When demonizing the «rogue» behavior of an enemy state, it's easy to vilify its citizens or tar them all with the same brush.

Each individual citizen, every organization no matter its size is profoundly injured when sensitive data gets diverted to the Dark Web.

The Rialto Police Department also experienced a decrease in citizen complaints against the department when the cameras were adopted.

Jónsdóttir was first elected to Iceland's 63 - seat Parliament in 2009 as a member of the Citizens» Movement Party, but when she ran for — and won — her seat again in 2012, she did so under the Pirates» black flag.

My dad was one of my best friends and my mentor, and in an age when it's become uncommon to be taught how to be a good man and citizen I feel blessed to have had him.

Petrov is unlikely to face a trial — he fled to Russia when his villa on the Spanish island of Majorca was raided by the police in 2008, and Russia does not extradite its citizens.

Classical economist David Ricardo posited that if citizens observed their government issuing more bonds, they'd reduce spending in anticipation of higher subsequent taxes when those bonds had to be repaid.

As Smith puts it, «Whether you like it or not, they are still American citizens, and they'll be your neighbor when they get out.»

According to the US State Department, citizens may seek a second passport, but that is usually limited to cases in which certain visas or stamps in a passport would prohibit entry to another country, or when a primary passport is held up by visa delays when immediate travel is required.

Distressed governments have always been obliged to protect the health and safety of their citizens and to make difficult decisions regarding the allocation of scarce resources when budgets are tight.

«I would suspect that if you're an American citizen traveling back and forth to Libya you're likely to be subjected to further questioning when you come into an airport,» he said.

The mega-rich «wouldn't mind being told to pay more in taxes,» Buffet added, «particularly when so many of their fellow citizens are truly suffering.»

European member states have given preliminary approval to the idea of a «one - stop - shop» mechanism for data protection cases in the EU, which would theoretically simplify citizens» access to regulatory help when they feel their personal data is being mishandled.

I thought about the trader's call when I read the news that Peter Thiel, the billionaire venture capitalist who supported Donald Trump's candidacy and advised him during the post-election transition, has secretly been a citizen of New Zealand since 2011 and owns a large rural estate there.

The heart of this argument is simple arithmetic: Consumers and citizens, despite the labels, are the same creatures, and no less divided when they go to the mall than they are online or at the polls.

Esmaeilzadeh, an Iranian - born Canadian citizen who has lived in the U.S. for 15 years (and employed by Google for the last five), was on a plane from San Francisco en route to Zurich when Trump's executive order took effect.

Esmaeilzadeh, an Iranian - born Canadian citizen who has lived in the US for 15 years (and employed by Google for the last five), was on a plane from San Francisco en route to Zurich when Trump's executive order took effect.

«The introduction of this technology will make the voting in the [Active Citizen initiative] even more open: it will be difficult to say that the administration incorrectly interprets the answers, changes the results of the voting when the citizens themselves can verify this information.»

They are strongest when framing the guaranteed income as an economic dividend to which all citizens are entitled.

«When Stephen Harper was working for the National Citizens Coalition, his goal was to end public health care in Canada,» she said.

Either every member of the consumer finance industry became a model citizen overnight when Mulvaney took over in November or the former South Carolina Congress member is looking the other way.

On Wednesday, Mr. Schneiderman said Airbnb's Community Compact «is a transparent ploy by Airbnb to act like a good corporate citizen when it is anything but.

When governments are beholden to their constituencies, citizens can respond to broken promises by stopping complying and, at the extreme, removing them from office.

Which is an incredibly chilling response when you consider how few rights — including human rights — Chinese citizens have.

An email released Tuesday by Citizens United raised questions about a trip taken by Huma Abedin when she was at the State Department.

Trying to push British Columbians around won't get Notley and Trudeau the pipeline they want — and neither will anything else Photo: thestar.com When England's Model Parliament was first called in 1295, King Edward the First wrote a writ of summons calling for citizens across the land to join him.

Mr. Andreessen says the Prism fallout illustrates how trust between the U.S. government, companies and citizens is at a low, just when they need to be cooperating to combat mounting cyber-security threats.

In an environment when all it seems like the government does is take, take, take, citizens get something tangible and immediate back from the government.

America itself, facing an era where more and more citizens without adequate financial resources will seek assistance from local, state and federal governments (precisely at a time when such governments are already strained), needs the fiduciary standard.

What is interesting to see with this bitcoin hype is how uneducated writers still are when it comes to the question of what money actually is — especially the assumption that money, e.g. US Dollars, are tied to any real world values like gold is one of these modern fairytales that is repeated often — I can not understand that even after the big corporate crimes (aka as «financial crisis») that US Citizens cost millions of dollars there is still such a lack of understanding of what money actually is.

This week, the premier announced that as of next week, anyone who admits to being a foreign citizen will have to pay 15 - per - cent more than Canadian citizens when they buy a home in Metro Vancouver.

China's political leaders — and many Chinese citizens — bristle when being «preached to» by foreigners.

It's a sad day when Puerto Rico's governor has to take to the airwaves to remind Americans that the 3.4 million people living in the U.S. territory are citizens of their nation, too, but that's exactly what Gov. Ricardo Rosselló has been reduced to — repeatedly — in the wake of Hurricane Maria and the suffering it has caused.