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Judge Martin Hoffman presides over the 68th District Court of Texas, a civil court with jurisdiction in Dallas County. Judge Hoffman was first elected to this bench in 2006 as part of the historic Dallas County sweep by Democrats that year. Judge Hoffman was a critical leader during that season, campaigning tirelessly. Judge Hoffman has since been reelected three times and will seek another term in the 2022 election cycle. Judge Hoffman has more than 14 years on the bench, and more than 28 years of combined legal and judicial experience. He has presided over hundreds of jury trials and thousands of hearings in cases encompassing a wide array of civil matters.

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Judge Hoffman is avidly involved in the legal community and is known as an innovator, mentor and educator. Judge Hoffman recognizes the importance of bringing new perspectives and diversity into the legal field, and his internship program has given more than 250 law students access to the court and realword experience on the workings of our civil justice system.

He has been a volunteer for a range of organizations including Habitat for Humanity. He enjoys presiding over mock trials and was a mentor for the Skyline High School Mock Trial Team. Judge Hoffman is a strong supporter of diversity, from his court internship program to work he does within legal organizations. He has been an avid advocate for granting sister bar status for the Dallas Women Lawyers Association and the Dallas LGBT Bar Association. Judge Hoffman takes pride in running a fair, objective and highly-efficient court. He has consistently received among the highest approval ratings for the fifteen civil district and associate judges in the Dallas Bar Association Judicial Evaluation Polls. Judge Hoffman was named Trial Judge of the Year in 2018 by the American Board of Trial Advocates Dallas Chapter. In 2017, the Dallas Women Lawyers Association recognized me as the Outstanding Jurist of the Year. Also, in 2016, he was deeply honored to be awarded the Hon. Cleo R. Steele Committed Mentor Award by the J.L. Turner Legal Association.

Additional past awards include the Texas Attorney Mediators Coalition Outstanding Trial Judge Award, the Texas Tech Alumni Association Outstanding Service Award, the Texas Young Lawyer Association Oustanding Mentor Award and the Dallas Association of Young Lawyers Outstanding Mentor Award. Judge Hoffman has been elected four times by the 11,000 members of the Dallas Bar to the Dallas Board of Directors. He was also selected by his peers at the George Allen Courthouse to serve at the Presiding Judge of the Central Jury Room for 2009, and as the Presiding Judgeof the Civil District Judges for 2014.

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Biden plans sweeping reversal of Trump's immigration agenda, from deportations to asylum policy B Y C AM ILO M ONT OY A-G AL VEZ U PD AT ED O N: NO VEM B ER 11, 2020 / 4: 00 PM / C B S N EW S

While the COVID-19 public health crisis and its impact on the U.S. economy will preoccupy President-elect Joe Biden during his first weeks in office, the incoming Democratic administration is also expected to quickly start dismantling President Trump's immigration agenda. After Mr. Biden is sworn-in in January, his administration will move to fully restore an Obama-era program that shields 640,000 undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children from deportation, halting Mr. Trump's unsuccessful efforts to end it, people familiar with the plans told CBS News. The incoming administration also intends to rescind Mr. Trump's travel and immigration restrictions on 13 countries, most of which are African or predominantly Muslim.

for migrants at the U.S. southern border — were enacted without Congress through proclamations, policy memos, regulations or other executive actions. With his defeat, Mr. Trump's immigration policy changes are now vulnerable — and Mr. Biden's team is eager to begin the process of undoing most of them. "All that stuff was done administratively through the [president's] executive authority, and so a new executive can basically reject those and start from scratch," a source familiar with the Biden team's plans told CBS News.

At the southern border, Mr. Biden has pledged to discontinue the Trump administration's policy of requiring nonMr. Biden will look to implement a 100-day freeze on deMexican migrants to wait in Mexico for the duration of portations while his administration issues guidance narrow- their U.S asylum cases. It is unclear, however, how the cases of thousands of asylum-seekers currently waiting in ing who can be arrested by immigration agents. Obamanorthern Mexico will be adjudicated and whether any of era memos that prioritized the deportation of immigrants them will be paroled and allowed to continue their prowith criminal convictions, recent border-crossers and those ceedings in the U.S. who entered the country A source familiar with the Biden team's planning said the incoming administration will withdraw from the three biA source familiar with Mr. Biden's plans said new guidance lateral agreements Mr. Trump brokered with Guatemala, El would be designed to curb so-called "collateral arrests," Salvador and Honduras that allow the U.S. to send rejected which are apprehensions of immigrants who are not the tar- asylum-seekers to those countries and have them seek refuget of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) The incoming administration will also look at reinstating operations but are nevertheless taken into custody because an Obama administration initiative that allowed certain atthey are in the country without legal status. risk children in Central America to request refugee or parole status and reunite with their families in the U.S. if their parents were authorized to be in the country, the Mr. Trump made immigration a major theme of his insurgent and successful 2016 campaign. Despite frequent court source said. The Obama administration created the Central challenges, his administration achieved rare success on this American Minors program in 2014 in response to a rise in front in four years, reshaping the U.S. immigration system border crossings by unaccompanied migrant children but through more than 400 high-profile and little-noticed policy Mr. Trump ended it in 2017. changes. The potential revival of the program, coupled with inHowever, all of Mr. Trump's immigration measures — from creased foreign aid to Central America, would be part of a the so-called "travel ban" and the efforts to end the Deferred broader Biden administration approach to address unauthorized migration from the region — a diplomatic task Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, to new Mr. Biden was charged with overseeing during President requirements for green cards and the asylum restrictions Obama's tenure.

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Who’s Who In DFW Latino Politics

Texas State Representative Texas State Representative Texas state Representative Texas state Representative Victoria Neave Jessica Gonzalez Terry Meza Rafael Anchia

Texas state Representative Ana-Maria Ramos

Dallas City Council Omar Narvaez

Dallas ISD Miguel Solis

Dallas county Treasurer Pauline Medrano

Dallas City Council Adam Medrano

Dallas ISD Karla Garcia

Dallas County Commissioner Dallas County Constable Michael Orozco Elba Garcia

Dallas City Council Jamie Resendez

Dallas ISD Edwin Torres

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Dallas City Council Adam Bazaldua

Dallas community College Board Of Trustees Monica Lira Bravo

Who’s Who Who In In DFW DFW Latino Latino Politics Politics Who’s

Dallas community College Board Of Trustees Diana Flores

Texas 5th Court of Appeal Justice Robbie Partida-Kipness

5th Dist. Court of Appeals State District Court Justice Dennise Garcia Judge David Lopez

Justice Peace Judge Sasha Moreno

Grand Prairie ISD Bryan Parra

National LULAC President Domingo Garcia

Grand Prairie ISD Gloria Carrillo

Dallas County Judge Paula Rosales

Justice Peace Judge Juan Jasso

Grand Prairie City Council Mike Del Bosque

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Criminal Texas District Judge Hector Garza

Justice Peace Judge Sara Martinez

Grand Prairie City Council John Lopez

Breaking the stigma: Research shows uptick in Hispanics, Latinos investing in real estate Local realtor sees trend in Hispanics, Latinos becoming homebuyers

Even during the financial instability of the COVID-19 pandemic, the housing industry is booming and research shows it’s especially growing in the Hispanic and Latino community. According to a new report from the Hispanic Wealth Project, even with the pandemic impacts, Latino households are seeing recovery and continued economic growth. In order to take a look at Latino household wealth and better understand the impacts of the coronavirus in the Latino Demographic, the report used a number of datasets, including the Census Household Pulse Survey, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and Annual Business Survey.

The report found Latinos have seen homeownership growth over the last five years. Their survey also found they were 25% more likely than their non-Hispanic White counterparts to own an investment property. “In recent years, Latinos have proven to be more confident than ever when it comes to homeownership and entrepreneurship. We are also seeing overwhelming confidence in Latino investors who choose to invest in real estate. Latinos are overcoming the stigma of being considered an at-risk class, and are making a positive impact on homeownership and the economy,” said Veronica Figueroa, an experienced Orlando realtor and founder of Figueroa Team.

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Data shows 40% of Latinos surveyed who don’t own a home, say they plan to buy one within the next 5 years. That’s nearly 50% higher than non-Hispanic White renters surveyed. Previous purchasing trends show that while Hispanics make up 18% of the U.S. population, the group accounted for nearly 63% of new U.S. homeowner gains over the past decade, according to the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals. Data shows 40% of Latinos surveyed who don’t own a home, say they plan to buy one within the next 5 years. That’s nearly 50% higher than non-Hispanic White renters surveyed. Previous purchasing trends show that while Hispanics make up 18% of the U.S. population, the group accounted for nearly 63% of new U.S. homeowner gains over the past decade, according to the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals. “We represent clients from all cultures, but what makes our team extremely proud is the representation we have for Latinos from different countries. At Figueroa Team, we have agents from Puerto Rico, Colombia, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Romania, Haiti, Jamaica, South Africa and many more places. Diversity is at the core of our team and our success. We are proud to know Latinos trust us as their experts in real estate," said Figueroa.

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¿Todavía debo la renta? Si. La orden de emergencia paro a los casos de desalojo temporalmente. Esto no significa que usted no debe renta. Nada mas significa que las cortes no escucharan casos de desalojo hasta el 19 de mayo [actualizado], a lo mas temprano. Esto ayudara a algunas personas por la razón que los propietarios primero tendrán que obtener una orden de la corte para desalojar a alguien. Esto significa que no puede esta desalojado por el tiempo que la corte no esta escuchando casos de desalojo. Además, ninguno de las protecciones locales (vea abajo) adicionales dicen que no debe renta. Ellos nada mas temporalmente paran los desalojos. A menos que la acta de CARES aplique, puede deber cargos por pagos atrasados también. Recuerda que si no pagas a la renta, aún puede ser desalojado cuando el tribunal finalmente escuche su caso. En la mayoría de las ciudades, los propietarios pueden optar a no aceptar la renta tarde aunque una orden de emergencia los prohíbe de desalojarlo de inmediato. Haga clic aquí para ver una visualización de las reglas de desalojo temporal del gobernador de BASTA y Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid. Do I still owe rent ? Yes. Even if a you are or were protected by an eviction ban, you still owe rent. Any eviction ban only made it so that that courts will not hear eviction cases until a later date. Unless the CARES Act applies, you may owe late fees as well. You still owe rent under the CARES Act, even if you cannot currently be evicted for nonpayment. Note also that the CARES Act only protected tenants from late fees through July 25. Remember that if you do not pay rent, you may still get evicted when the court eventually hears your case. In most cities, landlords can choose to not accept late rent even if an emergency order prevents them from evicting you right away.

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