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Article 17-24 ¡No Se Deje! The Obama administration made available a service that allows attorneys and family members of people in immigration custody to locate them quickly.  Immigration and Customs Enforcement (I.C.E.) officials have established an internet site that is available to the public to find out if someone is in immigration custody and, if…

Article 17-20 ¡No Se Deje!   Contracts are used to ensure that people can legally enforce the terms of their agreements.  In our society, it is considered “FAIR” to require people or companies to deliver what they contracted to do.  Some contracts will not be allowed by the courts and will not be enforced.  Courts…

Southern California workers beware. Wage theft is rampant in our state. If you think being hired for a job automatically means that you can count on receiving a fair day’s pay for a hard day’s work, think again. Unscrupulous employers are all around us. Wage theft is illegally avoiding paying workers what is owed to…

Fights in the workplace are not all that uncommon, and occasionally injuries occur. While workers’ compensation typically covers any injury that occurs in the course of performing one’s work, any deliberate or illegal act on the part of the injured person will generally preclude that person from receiving benefits. Fights between employees can pose a…

In California, certain categories of prison inmates are able to earn very small amounts of money and credits toward early release by working for government agencies or private companies, either inside or outside the walls of the institution. One of the main ways the state’s prisoners are put to work is as firefighters, combating the…

Article 17-19 ¡No Se Deje! Child abuse is an enormous problem in our society.  Child abuse includes physical, emotional, verbal, and sexual abuse as well as neglect.  Statistics reveal that child abuse and neglect violations have been increasing for many years.  A report by the CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION CENTER indicates that in a given year…