Sentence examples for granting immigrants from inspiring English sources

For one thing, she said, granting immigrants driver's licenses provides the government a record of who is in the country.

The Turkish case shows the importance of considering granting immigrants access to local labour markets.

As lawmakers in Washington consider an overhaul of the immigration system, Congress faces thorny questions not just about what status to grant immigrants already in the country, but also about how best to increase enforcement efforts and what rights to ensure illegal immigrants during their detention.

For too long, the president's immigration platform has been at odds with itself – on the one hand, making the case for inclusion by urging Congress to grant immigrants full political rights; on the other, carrying out exclusionary, punitive policies and record levels of deportations.

Mr. Bush has tried to occupy a middle ground in the raging debate over immigration, supporting legislation that would grant immigrant workers temporary legal status and perhaps a path to citizenship, while pushing for immigrants to learn English also pressing for more steps to stop the flow of newcomers over the border.

And he promised to repeal a new law granting illegal immigrants the right to get driver's licenses.

The two men plan to introduce legislation granting illegal immigrants admission to all public colleges and universities in the state.

He added that in the long term, granting unauthorized immigrants legal status could actually make them less likely to send large sums of money abroad.

The House version, though, is expected to be more conservative in its approach to granting illegal immigrants a path to citizenship, among a number of central issues.

Now, public opinion polls show that the vast majority of the state's residents approve granting illegal immigrants a path to citizenship, though they are opposed to offering them the same benefits for public services as legal residents.

Ira Mehlman, a spokesman for the Federation for American Immigration Reform, which sued the state to overturn the law granting illegal immigrants in-state tuition, called the bill "a really stupid allocation of limited resources".