Sentences with phrase «young immigrants in the country»

Rafael's art not only reflects his life as an individual, but also the lives of many other young immigrants in this country who work hard towards their dreams.

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Ms. Powell Jobs has become a leader in pushing for decade - old legislation known as the Dream Act, a measure that would provide legal status for immigrants who arrived in the country as young children.

One official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations, said that Mr. Trump was sympathetic to the plight of the young immigrants, known as Dreamers — many have known life only in the United States and have few connections to the countries of their birth — but had been told by Justice Department lawyers that his predecessor's program would not survive a court challenge.

When President Donald Trump announced the end of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in September, he said he was giving Congress six months to find a legislative solution that would allow the 690,000 young unauthorized immigrants currently protected from deportation under DACA to stay in the country legally.

For Antonina's generation of early Twentieth - Century immigrants, the freedom of America's press offered solid evidence that their faith in the young country's promise and opportunity was well - founded.

Citizenship and Immigration Services has resumed accepting requests to renew a grant of deferred action under the Obama - era program that shields from deportation young immigrants brought to the U.S. as children and who remain in the country illegally.

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.»

Republicans and Democrats have been trying to reach a budget agreement that saves DACA, the Obama - era initiative that provides protected legal status to thousands of young immigrants living in the country illegally.

Since Obama created the program in 2012, DACA has allowed immigrants who came to the U.S. when they were younger than 16 and had lived in the country for at least 10 years to apply for permits to work or seek a college education.

Five years ago, U.S. President Barack Obama signed an executive order that allowed young, unauthorized immigrants who arrived in the country as children to work, go to school, and get a driver's license without fear of deportation.

But in general, writes Harvard's Freeman, «the job market for young scientists and engineers has worsened... relative to... many other high level occupations, which discourages US students... [but] the rewards are sufficient to attract large immigrant flows, particularly from less developed countries,» in a study published by National Bureau of Economic Research.

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

Many are predicting she will receive her second Oscar nomination for her performance as a young Irish immigrant in 1950s New York, torn between two countries and two men.

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.»

In this edition of the EdCast, Gonzales, one of the nation's leading experts on undocumented immigrant youth and young adults, discusses DACA and the impact of immigration policy as it relates to educational success in our countrIn this edition of the EdCast, Gonzales, one of the nation's leading experts on undocumented immigrant youth and young adults, discusses DACA and the impact of immigration policy as it relates to educational success in our countrin our country.

The number and percentage of young immigrants and dual language learners have increased and continue to increase in every state across the country.

I have had to intervene several times for young and substitute teachers whose classes consist of many illegal immigrant students, here in the country less then three months, who raised so much hell with the female teachers, calling them «Putas» (whores) and throwing things, that the teachers were in tears.

In Stork Mountain, a young Bulgarian immigrant returns to the country of his birth in search of his grandfather, who suddenly and unexpectedly cut all contact with the family three years agIn Stork Mountain, a young Bulgarian immigrant returns to the country of his birth in search of his grandfather, who suddenly and unexpectedly cut all contact with the family three years agin search of his grandfather, who suddenly and unexpectedly cut all contact with the family three years ago.