07Jun 2023 by Charles E. Price
Consulate, nonprofits to provide legal aid to immigrants

Consulate, nonprofits to provide legal aid to immigrants

LEGAL
Wage theft and run-ins with law enforcement are top concerns for families 'living in the shadows' EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – It's seven simple yet powerful words: “You have the right to remain silent.” But that's a phrase that many migrants who come to Melissa Lopez's office have never heard of before. If they had, they would not be seeking help to avoid deportation or crushing another major legal problem. “State law requires that a person show identification. But the migrants we see don't know they have the right not to talk to the police; they think they are required to disclose all of their information,” said Lopez, the executive director of El Paso's Diocesan Migrant and Refugee Services. "Most of the time, Immigration doesn't have the information they…
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21Feb 2023 by Charles E. Price
Cameron, 19 attorneys general oppose DHS ‘immigration parole power’ program | News

Cameron, 19 attorneys general oppose DHS ‘immigration parole power’ program | News

ATTORNEY
FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) – Attorney General Daniel Cameron has joined a 20-state coalition in a lawsuit to stop the Department of Homeland Security from operating a new program which he says would unlawfully use immigration parole power and allow a surge of illegal immigrants to the United States .“Instead of adopting a thorough plan to address the crisis at the border, the Biden Administration has developed a program that would allow hundreds of thousands of immigrants to enter the United States illegally,” Cameron stated. “This policy threatens the safety of our communities, exacerbates the opioid crisis and would place added strain on Kentucky and states across the country.”In their complaint, the attorneys general argue that Homeland Security's program is unlawful because it does not comply with the limitations outlined by…
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04Jul 2022 by Charles E. Price
US Supreme Court gavel falls on tribal rights

US Supreme Court gavel falls on tribal rights

LAW
Opinion The US Supreme Court, amid decisions radically expanding gun rights and removing a woman's constitutional right to abortion, has toppled almost 200 years of law protecting Native American tribal independence and sovereignty. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court ruled individual US states have authority over tribes within their borders. In a 5-4 decision defining the scope of the 2020 McGirt ruling, Justice Brett Kavanaugh writes: "The court holds that Indian country within a state's territory is part of a state, not separate from a state. The decision specifically had to do with the issue of state jurisdiction of criminal law on tribal lands, but comes with massive ramifications. Simply put, it means, in the 20 states where tribal reservations exist, US state law now supersedes Indigenous law. In the United…
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