WASHINGTON—Today, the Department of Homeland Security announced a final rule that adjusts fees for certain immigration and naturalization benefit requests to ensure U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services recovers its costs of services. Unlike most government agencies, USCIS is fee funded. Fees collected and deposited into the Immigration Examinations Fee Account fund nearly …
July, 2020
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23 July
Relevant aspects of the USMAC
By: Terry Ahtziry Cárdenas Banda, attorney, philanthropist, and law professor. In these times a large number of exchanges exist between countries in various areas, such as social, legal, economic, and cultural. Therefore, it is necessary to be constantly updated and generating international agreements that benefit all nations to carry out …
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22 July
Podcasts and Intellectual Property
By: Jaime Israel Davila Gomez, Attorney A direct result of the health crisis that is experienced worldwide is the creation of content of all kinds that has increased exponentially, being the Podcast one of the favorite distribution channels and, like all content, Intellectual Property has a main role in protecting …
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20 July
USCIS Rule Strengthens Employment Eligibility Requirements for Asylum Seekers
WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced a regulatory change to deter aliens from illegally entering the United States and from filing frivolous, fraudulent, or otherwise non-meritorious claims for asylum to obtain an employment authorization document. This rule does not alter asylum eligibility criteria in any way and will be …
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8 July
Same-sex marriage approved in Baja California
By: Melissa Dorame Velázquez, Reporter Mexicali, B.C.- The Governance, Legislation, and Constitutional Points Commission approved the draft opinion regarding same-sex marriage in the state, which will be passed to the plenary session of the Baja California Congress. The stated initiative to reform the Constitution of Baja California in its Civil …
June, 2020
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24 June
USCIS Rule Strengthens Employment Eligibility Requirements for Asylum Seekers
WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced a regulatory change to deter aliens from illegally entering the United States and from filing frivolous, fraudulent, or otherwise non-meritorious claims for asylum to obtain an employment authorization document. This rule does not alter asylum eligibility criteria in any way and will be effective …
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18 June
Supreme Court rules against Trump Administration Attempt to end DACA program
-Editorial The Supreme Court rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to dismantle the program protecting undocumented immigrants brought to the country as children, a reprieve for nearly 650,000 recipients known as “dreamers.” The 5-4 ruling was written by Chief Justice John Roberts and joined by Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Elena Kagan, …
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13 June
Rep. Vargas Cosponsors Historical Policing Act of 2020 to End Police Brutality
San Diego, CA.– On Friday, June 12th, Rep. Juan Vargas (CA-51) became a proud cosponsor of Justice in Policing Act of 2020, led by the Congressional Black Caucus, which aims to end police brutality in the United States. The act will establish new policing standards by banning chokeholds, ending no-knock …
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12 June
Former Councilman David Romero and Bruno Suarez Plead Guilty to Corruption Charges
-Editorial A former Calexico City, the California councilman along with a former commissioner on the city’s Economic Development and Financial Advisory Commission, pleaded guilty in federal court to corruption charges, admitting that they accepted cash bribes in exchange for promises of official action by the city. David Romero and Bruno …
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11 June
STOP racism and abuse of power
By: Terry Ahtziry Cárdenas Banda, attorney, philanthropist, and law professor. Human rights have been recognized thanks to the sociohistorical process that has been evolving and growing due to the demands of transforming political, economic, social, and cultural conditions at different times. We are still living this social process, since human …
