Apr 2, 2013 | News Releases
Honor 41 Promotes Awareness and Positive Images of the Latino LGBTQ Community LOS ANGELES, CA – MALDEF is proud to collaborate with Honor 41, a national non-profit LGBTQ organization that recognizes outstanding Latina/o leaders in the LGBTQ community. MALDEF’s...
Mar 19, 2013 | News Releases, Voting Rights
Anti-Immigrant Law Would Unduly Restrict Registration Of New Voters A twenty-year old, and highly successful, federal voter registration law known as “Motor Voter” is at issue in a legal battle that MALDEF has been leading and winning for nearly seven...
Mar 12, 2013 | News Releases
Mayor and Ambassador Leaves a Legacy of Public Service LOS ANGELES, CA – MALDEF mourns the loss of Mexican American leader and pioneer Raymond L. Telles. Telles was the first Mexican American mayor of a major city and is credited with opening the path to high...
Mar 5, 2013 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases
Ruling is another setback for anti-immigrant laws PHOENIX, AZ – Today the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals determined that the provisions of SB 1070, Arizona’s anti-immigrant racial profiling law, that seek to criminalize the solicitation of day labor work, should...
Mar 2, 2013 | News Releases
Message from the President & General Counsel Everyone– Meet Carmen Leija, one of our MALDEF heroes. Last month, Carmen celebrated her 30th anniversary as a MALDEF employee. That means that she has been at MALDEF for fully two-thirds of our entire organizational...
