Immigration law is incredibly complex and even lawyers who do not specialize in this field have a hard time diving into all its ins and outs to competently advise their clients. Even though it’d be naïve to believe that noncitizens or immigrants who end up in a difficult situation can find a decent way out without expert help, there are 6 important facts about the U.S. immigration law everyone should know.
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Ridgewood NJ, Larry Summers, who was President Obama’s Treasury Secretary, is getting hammered by the left for becoming a thorn in the side of the Biden Administration. Summers is no fiscal conservative or supply sider, but he has rightly criticized Biden for killing the Keystone Pipeline. His latest claim is that Biden is pursuing the “least responsible” macroeconomic policy in decades.
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Trenton NJ, Legislation sponsored by Senator Declan O’Scanlon that would lift obstacles interfering with consolidation plans for school districts was approved today by the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee.
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Washington DC, Two-thirds of likely voters are convinced there is a crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border, despite claims from the White House to the contrary, and 53 percent of those voters place the blame squarely in the lap of Joe Biden.
Continue reading Kids in Cages : Voters Agree there is a Border Crisis, and Majority Blames Biden
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Ridgewood NJ, feeling stressed out about the pandemic, you’re not the only one , nearly a year ago Tom Smith presciently wrote:
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Trenton NJ, Governor Phil Murphy said at the March 22nd press conference , “So our dashboard is showing a current total of 3,510,311 doses. We’ve gotten another half-a-million shots into arms in just one week. And importantly, there have been a total of more than 2.3 million first doses administered by either the Pfizer or Moderna two-step vaccines or of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine. That means that we are roughly halfway to our goal of — initial goal — of vaccinating 4.7 million individuals. And by the way, more than 1.2 million of those who live, work and study in New Jersey are now fully vaccinated.”
Continue reading Critics Claim Murphy Administration Has Fumbled Covid Vaccine Rollout
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Trenton NJ, New Jersey’s autumn/winter surge peaked in early January and then leveled off briefly from February 19-February 26 before increasing again. Unlike many states, New Jersey’s daily incidence only declined 50%—from approximately 6,000 new cases per day** to 3,000—before rebounding. New Jersey is now reporting 3,980 new cases per day, higher than its first peak in April 2020, and increasing steadily.
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For the duration of the Coronavirus pandemic, Village Hall is closed to the public and meetings are being held with participants at remote locations, connecting to conferencing software provided by zoom.us.
Members of the public are invited to view meetings live using Zoom, which also allows them to “raise a hand” and contribute with voice and video when they are invited to do so during Public Comments as well as during Public Hearings during the meeting.
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Ridgewood NJ, homeschooling is a legal instructional option in all 50 states and national homeschooling rates grew rapidly from 1999 to 2012 but had since remained steady at around 3.3%.
According to the Census Bureau’s Household Pulse Survey the global COVID-19 pandemic has sparked new interest in homeschooling and the appeal of alternative school arrangements has suddenly exploded.
So, how significantly have homeschooling rates increased during the pandemic?
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Newark NJ, Catherine Wilson, President & CEO of United Way of Greater Newark (UWGN), announced that their University of Chicago’s My Very Own Library (MVOL) program in Newark will distribute 240,000 books to participating Newark schools in celebration of its 10th anniversary. UWGN’s University of Chicago MVOL program aims to promote childhood literacy and foster a love of reading in young children. Since it was founded in 2011 in Newark, the program has provided more than 2 million books to elementary school students.
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Secaucus NJ, a husband and wife were arrested on weapons charges after a standoff at a Hudson County hotel, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
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Linden NJ, Air Protection Packaging Corp., based in Linden, New Jersey, wants to move its headquarters and manufacturing facilities to the former Alfa Laval building in the Town of Poughkeepsie in Dutchess County , New York.
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Ridgewood NJ, the Lancet, a distinguished British medical journal, reported that 20% of Danish citizens infected in the first wave became reinfected in the second wave.
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Trenton NJ, Senator Joe Pennacchio today vowed that he and his Republican Senate colleagues would continue fighting for answers on behalf of New Jersey families who lost loved ones to the COVID virus in veterans and nursing homes.
Continue reading Time to Investigate NJ’s 10,000 Nursing Home Deaths
