Sentences with phrase «young immigrants known»

Sen. Bernie Sanders said if Congress fails to come up with a solution for the young immigrants known as «Dreamers» deporting them would be «one of the ugliest stains» in US history.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has ended an eight - hour speech aimed at forcing a House vote on protections for young immigrants known as «Dreamers.»

The U.S. Supreme Court refused to bypass the federal circuit courts in the legal dispute over the Trump administration's cancellation of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, meaning that young immigrants known as Dreamers will be able to continue renewing their legal protections from deportation, at least for the time being.

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President Donald Trump and lawmakers have been at loggerheads for months over the fate of young unauthorized immigrants known as «Dreamers,» who are temporarily protected from deportation under the Obama - era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

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.

I know nothing of Julia Young's domestic arrangements, but my experience of large U.S. cities is that the educated professional classes tend to live so far from the areas inhabited by recent immigrants that they might as well be in another continent.

Representative Nancy Pelosi, the 77 - year - old House Democratic leader, took the House floor at 10:04 a.m. yesterday, intent on speaking about the young undocumented immigrants known as Dreamers.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's protest was designed to draw attention to the plight of the young immigrants facing deportation known as Dreamers.

The nation's leaders know that our future is tied to the success of young people — including those born of immigrant parents.

But the Trump administration has been committed to reining in both legal and illegal immigration, most notably by ending protections for 800,000 young undocumented immigrants, known as Dreamers, beginning in March unless Congress grants them legal status before then.

More than 41,000 young immigrants — known as «dreamers» — have applied for permission to stay in New York state through the program.

In this case, that means helping a vulnerable young African immigrant (Claire - Hope Ashitey) who is the only known person to have become pregnant in eighteen years and who has therefore become a pawn in a political game being played by some extremely callous players.

Set in 1950s New York City, the film follows a young Irish immigrant girl, fresh off the boat and hoping for the opportunity that America is known for across the world.