SACRAMENTO, Calif — Today, Assemblymember Mike Gipson, 64th AD, spoke as a representative of the California Legislative Black Caucus and stood with legislators from the Latino, Asian Pacific Islander, LGBT, Women’s, and Jewish Caucuses to put pressure on the US Congress to take decisive action on DACA that includes a …
January, 2018
December, 2017
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26 December
Rep. Vargas Statement on the Passage of the Republican Tax Bill
Washington, D.C. – On December 19th of the present year Rep. Juan Vargas (CA-51) released this statement after Republicans passed their tax bill in the House: “Republicans in Congress passed a tax plan that will raise taxes for 86 million families to give massive tax cuts to the richest 1% …
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20 December
SECRETARY GENERAL OF GOVERNMENT RECEIVES AMBASSADOR OF HAITI IN MEXICO, GUY LAMOTHE
Lead a follow-up meeting to the actions coordinated by the three levels of government, in support of the Haitian community in Baja California On behalf of the Governor of the State, Francisco Vega de Lamadrid, the Secretary General of Government, Francisco Rueda Gómez, led the follow-up meeting of the three …
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20 December
CITY OF MEXICALI REINFORCES EQUIPMENT FOR MUNICIPAL POLICE
Mayor of Mexicali delivers 200 radios and 685 bulletproof vests with an investment of 18 million 953 thousand 585 pesos to elements of the municipal police. In compliance with the commitment to equip the elements of the Municipal Police, with the necessary tools so they can attend and safeguard the …
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18 December
The limits to using walls for migration, drug trafficking challenges
Right now, on a site near existing border wall outside San Diego, California, eight concrete-and-metal slabs sit awaiting judgment. They are prototypes for the Trump administration’s vision for a border wall that could cost between US$20 billion and US$60 billion to build. In a new report, the Washington Office on …
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17 December
Re-Registration Period Now Open for Nicaraguans with Temporary Protected Status
TPS Nicaragua Ending in January 2019 WASHINGTON—Current beneficiaries of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) under Nicaragua’s designation who want to maintain that status through the program’s termination date of Jan. 5, 2019, must re-register between Dec. 15, 2017 and Feb. 13, 2018. Re-registration procedures, including how to renew employment authorization documentation, …
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17 December
Trump’s stance dangerous for US, Canada and Mexico’s economy
By: Dr. Alejandro Díaz-Bautista, economist (PhD) Trump’s government tough stance towards NAFTA talks is dangerous for the economy of the United States and Canada as well as Mexico. “Five of the seven negotiating tables of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) recently concluded in Mexico City, but we are …
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13 December
PROTECTION FENCE IS REMOVED AT THE BAJA CALIFORNIA STATE CONGRESS
By agreement of the Political Coordination Board closeness with people and promotion of civility and dialogue will be privileged After multiple complaints and demonstrations of dissatisfaction by the Baja California population, the dividing wall that was already being raised in the State Congress is removed. This morning at a breakfast …
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3 December
Gustavo Sanchez Vasquez, mayor of Mexicali, renders State of the City Address
-Editorial Before a crowd of attendees who gathered at the State Center for the Arts of the city of Mexicali, after having been included in a list of special guests to this private event, where access was restricted to those who didn’t have a physical invitation and where even, much …
November, 2017
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29 November
Peso and Mexican Stock Exchange react to possible candidacy of Meade to Mexico’s Presidency
By: Dr. Alejandro Díaz-Bautista, economist (PhD) The Mexican currency remains in the face of a global fall in the dollar, and after confirming the resignation of Finance Secretary Jose Antonio Meade, who minutes later announced he will register as a pre-candidate for the Presidency of Mexico for the PRI party. …
