English Only: Bills and Descritpions

Language Rights Briefing Book: June 2008

Money Management: Making The Most of Your Money

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No Child Left Behind:: MALDEF's Washington, D.C. Regional Counsel Testifies Before the House Committee on Education and Labor Regarding the Renewal of the No Child Left Behind Act.

Statement of Peter Zamora: “MALDEF Washington, D.C. Regional Counsel Testifies Before the Senate Judiciary Committee Regarding the Continuing Importance of the Civil Rights Act of 1957.”

North Chicago School District: Letter

“STRIVE Act Bill Analysis.”: MALDEF’s analysis of the bill

MALDEF AND ACLU FILE LAWSUIT CHALLENGING ANTI-IMMIGRANT ORDINANCE IN FARMERS BRANCH, TX: File Stamped Pleading

MALDEF Federal Education Right's Pamphlet: “Know Your Education Rights” pamphlets in English and Spanish.

Toolkit Anti-Immigrant Ordinance: MALDEF’s State and Local Anti-Immigrant Ordinance Toolkit Obtaining comprehensive immigration reform is one of the most important legal issues facing the Latino community and at the top of MALDEF’s legal agenda. During the summer, as the U.S. House failed to move forward to complete legislative action, frustrations by anti-immigrant activists led to a small number of cities and town attempting to enact restrictions and prohibitions against illegal immigrants at the local level. MALDEF strongly opposes and will continue to fight local ordinances because they threaten to discriminate against all Latinos, citizen and newcomer alike. This guide describes the ordinances and their legal flaws, and provides arguments than can be utilized against them.

Secretary of State Letter: MALDEF, CALIFORNIA SECRETARY OF STATE AND LATINO ORGANIZATIONS UNITE AGAINST VOTER INTIMIDATION

diaz.intervention: MALDEF DEFENDS CHALLENGE TO THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT WASHINGTON, DC - Yesterday, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) filed a motion in a District of Columbia federal court requesting to defend the Voting Rights Act against a legal challenge that seeks to strike it down.

Minority Voting In Texas Since 1982: The experience demonstrates the importance of reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act.

MALDEF Annual Report (2003-2004): ‘We’re making unprecedented progress, but a great deal still needs to be done’

Election Complaint Form: Download, fill-out and complete this form to report your complaints.

Black, White and Brown: Latino School Desegregation Efforts: The Latino struggle for an equitable education, like that of African Americans, has been hard fought and it continues today. Both the Latino and African American community have faced segregation, desegregation and, sadly, resegregation. Yet, they each paved a different path to challenge school segregation that at times complemented each other, and at other times stood in contrast.

Derechos Humanos: Los Derechos Humanos y Derechos Laborales de los Inmigrantes Latinos en los Estados Unidos.

Huntington Response: MALDEF and LULAC Rebuke Samuel Huntington Theories.

Keynote Speech: Atlanta Dinner 2004 - by Dean Nichols.

"the challenges of equality"

Latino Voting Rights Report: The Impact of Felony Disenfranchisement Laws in Ten Target States

Drivers' License Immigration Advocates' Tool Kit: Immigrant access to driver’s licenses has become an important issue in many states throughout the U.S. Advocates in some states have been working to expand immigrants’ access to driver’s licenses against determined opposition.

2002-2003 Annual Report: MALDEF's 2002-2003 Annual Report

MALDEF Newsletter for Spring 2003: MALDEF'S latest newsletter focuses information on: Education, Employment, Immigrants’ Rights, Political Access, Voting Rights, Public Resource Equity and our recent and coming Events.

The Treatment of Undocumented Victims of Labor Law Violations Since Hoffman Plastics: Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court opened the door to abuse of undocumented workers in the case of Hoffman Plastics. The ruling states that federal immigration policy precludes the awarding of certain back pay remedies under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) to undocumented workers. This report was prepared by MALDEF and the National Employment Law Project on reported cases that have attempted to curtail labor and employment rights of undocumented workers after the Hoffman Plastics decision.

MALDEF Newsletter for Fall 2002: MALDEF'S latest newsletter featuring information on: Education, Employment, Immigrants’ Rights, Political Access, Voting Rights, Public Resource Equity and our recent and coming Events.

California 2002 Legislative Advocacy Newsletter: The Sacramento public policy office of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) focuses its advocacy efforts on legislation in the areas of education, immigrants' rights, public resource equity, employment, and political access on behalf of California's Latinos. In this newsletter, we highlight legislation in our main policy areas that affect the Latino community.

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California's Latino Children Ages 0-5: For some time we have known that the period of early chidlhood is critical to a child's development. This report is designed to provide a comprehensive overview of the current condition of Latino children ages 0-5 in 14 focus counties.

MALDEF Secession Report: July 23, 2002. MALDEF Releases the San Fernando Valley Secession Report and explains why it will have a negative impact on the Latino community...

MALDEF's Los Angeles Unified School District Redistricting Plan: MALDEF's Los Angeles Unified School District Redistricting Plan - On February 6, 2002, MALDEF released this redistricting plan for the Los Angeles Unified School District boundaries. This plan presents a reasonable, fair, and equitable picture of electoral districts that complies with all Constitutional, federal, state, and municipal laws and it provides communities an equal opportunity to elect representatives of their choice.

MALDEF's Los Angeles City Redistricting Plan: MALDEF's Los Angeles City Council Redistricting Plan - On January 23, 2002, MALDEF released this redistricting plan for the Los Angeles City Council boundaries. This plan presents a reasonable, fair, and equitable picture of electoral districts that complies with all Constitutional, federal, state, and municipal laws and it provides communities an equal opportunity to elect representatives of their choice.

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Chicago Progress Report: An Evaluation of the Chicago Public Schools’ Efforts to Relieve Student Overcrowding At Elementary Schools.

To address the poor and inadequate condition of school buildings across the city, the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) established a Capital Improvement Program (CIP) in 1996. The CIP is an ongoing plan for reviewing and upgrading CPS’ infrastructure over a five-year period based on an assessment of building needs and overcrowding. One of the main goals of the CIP is to reduce student overcrowding to no more than 80 percent of each school building’s design capacity. To fulfill this goal, the CIP has a construction program that consists of capital projects that will provide overcrowding relief to schools. The capital projects include additions, annexes, new replacement schools, and new area schools.

Latinos and the State Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), Poverty Despite Work: There are over two million working poor families in California and an additional 1.4 million families with incomes slightly above the poverty line. Latinos comprise a significant share of these families that are working, but poor. Two legislative proposals seek to create a state Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), a tax mechanism with the potential to substantially affect the Latino community.

California Latino students, the challenges that can't be ignored.: Testimony presented to the Senate Education Committee Informational Hearing on the Status of Latino Public School Students January 31, 2001.

Redistricting Manual: By the year 2001, America’s demographics will changed dramatically. The changing face of America raises important questions throughout our society, especially in electoral politics. Redistricting will determine how our local school board, city council, state legislature and even congressional districts are drawn.

Are minorities fairly represented at all levels of politics? Do we have an equal voice and an equal opportunity to elect representatives who consider our needs and interests? Redistricting will determine how our local school board, city council, state legislature and even congressional districts are drawn. How can our communities participate? How can we ensure that our interests are being heard and represented by our elected officials? How can we ensure that the voting strength of our communities is not weakened? What are the important factors to consider in redistricting?

This handbook will answer these questions by laying out the importance of getting involved with the redistricting process and providing resources and contact information for you to get started!

Bush-Cheney Policy Recommendations: The recommendations in the policy paper are intended for the new Bush-Cheney Administration to review and take into consideration when making decisions that affect the Hispanic community. It is also designed so that others — the general public, the media, and members of Congress — will recognize and act on the issues important to Latinos and the country at large.

MALDEF-WCVI California Redistricting Plans: MALDEF and the William C. Velasquez present the 2001 California Redistricting Plans for Congress, Assembly, and Senate. Based on extensive community outreach - from Calexico to Antioch, these plans reflect a community-based vision of equality and fairness in our democracy.

WARNING: Most of the files listed above are very large. Please right click on the file name to download. Map sets are in Adobe Acrobat format and can be zoomed to detail. Plans will be available for download on Tuesday, July 31, 2001.