By: The Hill WASHINGTON, D.C.- A bipartisan group of senators is moving to offer legal protection for undocumented immigrants brought into the country as children if President-elect Donald Trump nixes a executive order issued by President Obama. The legislation, spearheaded by Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), would provide temporarily legal status for immigrants …
January, 2017
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12 January
Teaching Your Kids How to Argue: Mock Trial Season Is Upon Us
By: Veronica Henderson, Attorney Now that the holidays are over, many of our high school students are getting ready for the annual Mock Trial Competition, which begins on January 24th, and concludes on February 15th. The Mock Trial Competition is a nationwide contest whereby high school students play the role …
December, 2016
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19 December
Law Education
By: Terry Ahtziry Cardenas Banda, lawyer and former professor. In life one of my greatest passions is the law, as a Mexican lawyer and living the greater part of my life in a city neighboring the United States, it rise on me the interest about knowing and understanding the American …
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15 December
USCIS Fees to Increase in December
Fees for immigration transactions will increase by an average of 21 percent beginning on December 23, 2016. Applications or petitions mailed, postmarked, or otherwise filed on or after December 23, 2016 must include the new fees. While the fees for some petitions will remain the same, others will see significant increases. …
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14 December
The Success of Treatment Courts: Why and How They Work
By: Veronica Henderson, Attorney at Law Across the United States, treatment courts such as drug courts, veterans’ courts, and mental health courts are becoming more and more available to criminal defendants with special issues and needs. These courts provide an alternative to traditional modes of justice, and they work. For …
November, 2016
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27 November
Common Law v. Civil Law
By: Terry Ahtziry Cardenas Banda, lawyer and former professor. The United States and Mexico have a very different history; their legal system differs greatly because of their historical process. The United States was introduced to the Anglo-Saxon family of law, which is better known as common law. On the other …
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22 November
Recent Criminal Justice Legislation in California: Proposition 57 Paves the Way for Further Reform of an Overcrowded Prison System
By: Veronica Henderson, Attorney at Law On November 8th, California voters were presented with several propositions relating to criminal justice reform. Proposition 57, largely the brainchild of Governor Jerry Brown, is an effort to recalibrate California’s criminal justice system by returning certain powers from prosecutors to judges, parole boards, and …
October, 2016
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8 October
Indirect Elections
By: Terry Ahtziry Cardenas Banda, lawyer and former professor. In these times of elections in the United States the concern to understand better the process to select the president of the nation arises, due to the difference of this process compared to Presidential elections in Mexico. Both countries have a …
September, 2016
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22 September
The Three-Strikes Law: Changes and Implications for Our Border Community
By: Veronica Henderson, Attorney In the United States, habitual offender laws (commonly referred to as “three-strikes laws”) are statutes enacted by state governments which mandate courts to impose harsher sentences on those individuals convicted of new, criminal offenses if they have been previously convicted of two or more prior, serious …
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7 September
Human Rights
By: Terry Ahtziry Cardenas Banda, lawyer and former professor. Human Rights is a concept that emerged on the 18th century, which lead to the recognition by nature of man and women as an autonomous individual with inalienable fundamental rights that should be safeguard by the State. The development and perception …
