-Editorial State Senator Ben Hueso’s (D-San Diego) legislation to create a new California Border Commission received unanimous approval yesterday from the Senate Committee on Governmental Organization. SB 684 requires a restructuring of California-Mexico border affairs under one public stakeholder commission to improve efficiency, maximize resources, and increase community input. “California’s …
Read More »USCIS Expands Temporary Rule Providing Contract Interpreters for Asylum Interviews
-Editorial To maintain the safety of our workforce and applicants during the global COVID-19 pandemic and to maintain efficiency and accessibility to the asylum process, USCIS published an updated temporary final rule (TFR) that extends the requirement that certain Asylum seekers use our telephone contract interpreters for their asylum interviews, rather …
Read More »CCE Mexicali Supports Companies and Organizations in Their Complaints Against CESPM Arbitrations
-Editorial The Mexicali Business Coordinating Council fully supports business organizations and businesses that have been affected by actions by the authority outside the legal framework. This is due to the fact that, since the beginning of the 2019 pandemic, there have been various cases and in recent weeks the suspensions …
Read More »Imperial County Establishing Quarantine and Isolation Shelter
-Editorial In a continued effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the County of Imperial is currently working, with the support and aid of Imperial Valley College (IVC) and the State of California, to convert the IVC gymnasium from an Alternate Care Site (ACS) to a Quarantine and Isolation Shelter …
Read More »Mexico to Impose New Non-Essential Travel Restrictions Starting March 19
-Editorial The Government of Mexico announced new restrictions for those who want to enter Mexico at the northern and southern borders, after one year of the implementation of non-essential travel restrictions. For a year now, border restrictions have affected binational life as only American citizens and essential workers can cross …
Read More »District Attorney Files Charges Against Imperial County Auditor
-Editorial The Imperial County District Attorney’s Office filed charges against County-Auditor Josue Mercado months after being censored by the Board of Supervisors. After months of investigation, the D.A. office announced on March 17 that they have formally charged the County-Auditor on two counts. Mercado will be arraigned on April 16, …
Read More »IID Board Analyses Bombay Beach Project That Will Help the Salton Sea
-Editorial The Imperial Irrigation District Board of Directors heard a presentation about the future of the Bombay Beach Wetland Project Proposal at their regular meeting held March 16. Audubon California, a non-profit group, received a federal grant to develop and design a multi-benefit habitat enhancement and dust control demonstration project …
Read More »Baja California, Leader in Manufacturing, Maquiladora, and Export Industry
-Editorial With more than 923 companies in the Manufacturing, Maquiladora, and Export Industry (IMMEX), on which 355,359 jobs depend, Baja California is a national leader in this sector, said Mario Escobedo, Secretary of Sustainable Economy and Tourism (SEST). Talking to business people, officials and diplomats from the United States and …
Read More »U.S.-Mexico Borders Will Reopen When Both Sides Are On the Green Tier
-Editorial Until the northern borders of Mexico reach the green tier, land crossings on international bridges with the United States would be opened, Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard confirmed. On Thursday it was one year since the restrictions began. The United States land borders with Canada and Mexico will remain closed …
Read More »San Diego County to Move to Red Tier March 17
-Editorial Given that the state has met a mark of vaccinating 2 million people in the communities hardest hit by COVID-19, it has revised its tier system, and San Diego County is expected to move to the Red Tier for activities on March 17. The change in tiers will allow …
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