The site’s editorial stance
The site’s editorial stance is informational, not advocacy, and not political.
How content is produced
Pages on this site are drafted by AI under Mike’s editorial framework. The framework sets the scope of each page, the safety rules around legal and enforcement topics, the sourcing standards, and the verification checks content has to pass before it goes live.
Accuracy and sourcing
Content draws on official USCIS guidance, California state agency publications, and established legal-aid organization materials.
Verification before publication
Automated checks run before publication: factual claims are compared against primary sources, and pages are checked for contradictions with the rest of the site. Pages that fail are held back. These checks reduce errors, but they don’t eliminate them, which is why reported inaccuracies are corrected.
How pages get updated
Updates are triggered by change, not by calendar. When immigration law or USCIS procedure changes in a way that affects a page, the page is updated. Each page shows a last-reviewed date.
What this site includes, and what it doesn’t
The site explains process, eligibility frameworks, and what to expect from agencies and programs. It doesn’t offer case strategy, individual eligibility determinations, or political advocacy. A page can tell you what a form is for and who generally uses it. It can’t tell you whether to file it. That’s what a lawyer or accredited representative is for.
Common points of confusion
Informational doesn’t mean neutral on facts. Where California law gives stronger protections than federal law, the site says so plainly. That’s orientation, not advocacy.
AI-drafted doesn’t mean unreviewed. The editorial framework, the sourcing standards, and the verification pipeline exist precisely because drafting and publishing aren’t the same step.
Trigger-based updates don’t mean pages go stale between triggers. They mean a page is updated when something actually changed, rather than re-stamped on a schedule that doesn’t reflect what’s happening in the law.
The California overlay
California has its own immigrant-serving programs, its own state-level protections, and its own agencies that interact with federal immigration processes in specific ways. Where that overlay matters, pages name it. Where a topic is purely federal, pages say that too.
Corrections
Readers can report inaccuracies through the contact form. Reported errors are acted on, not just received. When a correction is made, the page’s last-reviewed date is updated to reflect it.
Where this policy shows up in practice
Editorial policy is the rule set. What it produces, the actual shape of the content, the things this site will and won’t tell you, is covered in content limitations. The two pages are companions. This one explains the standards. That one explains what the standards mean for the reader sitting in front of a real situation.
