-Editorial As a new working day began for many, members of the Imperial County District Attorney’s Association walked outside the County Administration Building holding their signs to initiate a strike asking for better working conditions to retain and recruit attorneys. At exactly 8 a.m. on Tuesday, March 12, association members …
March, 2019
February, 2019
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27 February
Universal Declaration
By: Terry Ahtziry Cardenas Banda, attorney, and former professor. We are living in a time of uncertainty where governments are discussing important changes for their countries. In each part of the world, different realities are lived. Mexico, for example, has experienced an alternation of government like no other in its …
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27 February
County’s District Attorneys Don’t Show Up to Work
-Editorial Fifteen Deputy District Attorneys’ did not show up to work Tuesday morning, something the County Board of Supervisors immediately reacted with concern. During Imperial County Board of Supervisors Meeting, Chairman Ryan Kelley made a public statement regarding the sick out of fifteen attorneys saying the action has caused alarm …
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18 February
USCIS Strengthens Guidance on Spousal Petitions Involving Minors
Guidance Clarifies Agency Requirements for Petition WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it is publishing guidance for its officers to consider when adjudicating spousal petitions involving minors. The guidance, published as an update to the USCIS Adjudicator’s Field Manual (AFM), clarifies age requirements for a petitioner filing an …
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8 February
Copyright: protection
By: Jaime Israel Dávila Gómez, Attorney Contrary to what most people believe, the protection of works in Mexico (literary, photographic, musical, pictorial, etc.) is given from the moment the work is created on a supporting material. To give an example, if I write a poem on a sheet, either by …
January, 2019
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26 January
Monica Lepe-Negrete is sworn in as Imperial County Superior Court Judge
-Editorial EL CENTRO, CA.- After years of practice as a respected lawyer, playing roles as Imperial County Deputy District Attorney and successfully establishing her own legal firm, Monica Lepe-Negrete took oath a few days ago as Imperial County Superior Court Judge, replacing Dianne Altamirano. In her ceremony, the now Imperial …
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16 January
Moral and Good Customs
By: Terry Ahtziry Cardenas Banda, attorney, and former professor. To begin the year in these festive seasons I find it appropriate to write about morals and good manners, appropriate behaviors for this season and begin the year in the best way. The moral is denominated as the set of beliefs, …
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15 January
New USCIS Tool Calculates Fees, Helps Avoid Incorrect Payments
WASHINGTON— USCIS has launched a new Online Fee Calculator to assist members of the public in calculating the correct fee amount to include when filing their forms with USCIS at an agency lockbox facility. A list of forms processed at USCIS Lockbox facilities is available on the USCIS website. USCIS …
December, 2018
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4 December
Are We Raising Dangerous Boys?
By: Veronica Henderson, Attorney Between 1982 and November of 2018, out of 105 mass shootings in the United States, 102 were committed by males, three were committed by females. Although mass shooters come from many different ages, income categories, and regions of the United States, one factor remains constant: their …
November, 2018
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27 November
Imperial County Eliminates Court Fees for Juveniles
-Editorial The Imperial County Board of Supervisors met on Nov. 20 to approve the elimination of court fees to juvenile delinquents. In addition to this action, county supervisors approved increasing the public defender fee for adults to $50 dlls. The public hearing was an item related to the Imperial County …
