Workers’ Compensation laws are made to protect workers who are injured on the job. To learn more about what you should do and how Elmore & Associates can help you if you have been hurt on the job. Click HERE for the rest of the article contributed by E&A’s own Cesar Vazquez.
H.B. 488, Mississippi’s notorious anti-immigrant bill died in the Senate’s Judiciary Committee B on April 3, 2012 after it was not brought up for a vote by Committee Chairman, Hob Bryan. Rep. Andy Gipson tried to revive the measure in the House of Representative but eventually withdrew the bill once and for all. It is...
While it is true that HB488 died in a Senate committee today, the fight anti-immigrant legislation, which was designed to drive them out of Mississippi, is far from over. In an attempt to circumvent the death of the bill, certain Republican House members amended all the content of HB488 into another bill, SB2549. SB2549 is...
On Wednesday, March 28, 2012, E&A hosted the Consuls from Mexico, Ecuador, and Honduras along with several other distinguished guests to discuss the previously proposed legislation, HB 488. The bill was an extreme measure with several anti-immigrant provisions. The Consuls have taken an interest in how the bill will affect the citizens of their countries...
On Tuesday, April 3, 2012, Mississippi’s extreme immigration bill, HB 488, died after a state senate committee chairman decided not to bring the bill up for a vote. The Mississippi Senate had until today to consider HB 488, a bill that would have, among other things, allowed police officers to determine the immigration status of...
Karla Elmore, Cesar Vazquez, and Simpson Goodman were members of the second Administrative Office of the Courts-sponsored Ethics and Skill-Building Workshop as a part of the newly developed Mississippi Court Interpreter Credentialing Program. Mississippi has recently laid out its program for certifying and recognizing spoken-language legal interpreters and translators. The three began the journey on...
There are many living in Mississippi for whom English is not their primary language and for whom English is not readily understood. For those limited English proficiency (LEP) individuals, understanding and exercising their legal rights may be difficult and could result in the denial of any meaningful access to the justice system. Court interpreters must...
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) posted a Notice of Intent in the Federal Register outlining a proposed change to its current process for the filing and adjudication of waivers of inadmissibility relating to unlawful presence. The proposed process would allow certain individuals seeking permanent residence through their U.S. citizen immediate relatives to apply for...
If you are in removal proceedings, your chances of being saved by President Obama’s new prosecutorial discretion policy are about 1 in 6. At least, those are the numbers that have emerged from the ICE pilot programs just completed in Denver and Baltimore. From early December until mid-January, 16 ICE attorneys reviewed 7,800 pending removal...
Sole Arellano is a valuable asset and brings a unique background and skill set to the Team at E&A. Sole has an immigrant’s story of her own. Having been through the process and having helped her family to navigate the system as well, she brings an insider’s perspective to her work and E&A’s clients. Sole...
The president reiterated his commitment to comprehensive immigration reform, a campaign promise he made in 2008 but still has yet to fulfill. He also repeated the argument that, unlike past years, Democrats cannot count on any Republican support for reform. Even the DREAM Act, which would provide legal status to undocumented youth, has not gained...
One of the biggest issues being discussed in the 2012 Presidential Campaign is immigration. Below is a brief summary of the top G.O.P. candidates and their stance on the issue. Michelle Bachmann: Doesn’t believe in making new laws on immigration. She believes that the problems stem from officials not enforcing existing laws. Newt Gingrich: Would...
