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In equal-protection challenge, court will review Puerto Rico’s exclusion from federal safety-net program

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Share Jose Luis Vaello-Madero is an American citizen who was born in Puerto Rico. But when he moved back to Puerto Rico to be closer to his family, Vaello-Madero lost his SSI benefits because, by law, Puerto Rico residents are excluded from the program. The case, United States v. territories.

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California dispatch: Los Angeles County sheriff’s controversial right turn has made him a villain to many

JURIST

Villanueva spent a large part of his childhood in Puerto Rico and is of part Puerto Rican heritage himself. This revelation was made in a deposition to a lawsuit filed by LA County challenging the Mandoyan rehiring. He has even had a teaching stint as adjunct professor of criminal justice at Cal State Long Beach.