Housed in UNACARE Health Center
258 E. Fortification Street
Jackson, MS 39202
Teen hours:
4:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays
Services & Insurance:
• Youth-friendly services that include physicals, sports physicals, immunizations and health prevention and promotion education.
• All insurance accepted. Medicaid Family Planning waiver available. No teen will be turned away because of inability to pay.
• All health services provided are confidential.
Appointments can be made by calling (601) 815-8230. Appointments are preferred. Walk-ins are welcome.

MTWC is an expansion of the UNACARE Health Center, managed by the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) School of Nursing, and dedicated to teen health issues. UNACARE providers are certified nurse practitioners who collaborate
with physicians in …

Border Security 
A.    Goal for Border Security
We will establish the following goal for border security–to achieve and maintain effective control in high risk border sectors along the Southern border.  This will be done in two ways:
1)      Persistent surveillance in High Risk Sectors along the Southern Border; and
2)      An Effectiveness Rate of 90% in a fiscal year for all High Risk Sectors along the Southern Border
“Effectiveness Rate” definition — The number of apprehensions and turn backs in a specific sector divided by the total number of illegal entries.
“High Risk Border Sector” — …

 
Jerry Mitchell 
February 20, 2012
Courtesy  Clarion Ledger Online (link)
Oscar-nominated “Lincoln,” which depicts the political fight to pass the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery, played a role in Mississippi officially ratifying the amendment this month — a century and a half later.
The story opens, not surprisingly, in a movie theater.
Last November, Dr. Ranjan Batra, associate professor of neurobiology and anatomical sciences at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, saw the Steven Spielberg film and wondered afterward what happened when the states voted on ratification.
That night, Batra — a native of India who became …

By Mike Sayer
Courtesy of Southern Echo http://southernecho.org/s/
 February 16, 2013
Once you read the existing law, MS Code 29-1-75, you will see the insidious purpose of HB 1275, which would amend the existing law.  Here is the entire textof the existing law:
 
Miss. Code Ann. § 29-1-75
§ 29-1-75. Who may purchase
Currentness
Except as otherwise provided in this section, neither a corporation nor a nonresident alien, nor any association of persons composed in whole or in part of nonresident aliens, shall directly or indirectly purchase or become the owner of any of the public lands; and every patent issued in contravention hereof shall …

by Bill Chandler, Executive Director
January 28, 2013
Jackson, Mississippi – Today the Dignity Campaign, a national network of immigrant rights organizations, churches, unions and community groups, is calling on President Obama to adopt principles for immigration reform that prioritize human and labor rights.
 
President Obama will announce tomorrow in Nevada his principles for immigration reform.  The Dignity Campaign urges the administration and Congress to end the injustices in current immigration law.  But based on the experiences of past proposals in Congress, Dignity Campaign organizations call for a much more progressive vision of …