Apr 18, 2008 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases
CHICAGO, IL – Today, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), the nation’s leading Latino civil rights organization, filed an amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) brief in an appeal of last year’s federal court decision that struck down...
Apr 10, 2008 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases
Sheriff’s Department Agrees to Revise Operational Procedures Concerning Immigrants LAS CRUCES, NM— The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of New Mexico today announced a landmark settlement with...
Apr 4, 2008 | Court Cases Education, News Releases
MALDEF represents class of Latino employees with employment discrimination claims PHOENIX, AZ – Monday, the United States District Court for Arizona denied a motion filed by the Maricopa County Community College District, its Chancellor and Governing Board (MCCCD) to...
Feb 3, 2008 | Court Cases Access to Justice, News Releases
TUCSON, AZ – This week, the Arizona Court of Appeals denied the appeal of border vigilante Roger Barnett who was found liable by a jury after assaulting a family of Latino U.S. citizens while they were hunting on state land in southern Arizona. MALDEF, which...
Jan 17, 2008 | Court Cases Education, News Releases
All eligible veterans will now receive Hazlewood tuition exemption SAN ANTONIO, TX – One week after six Gulf War veterans asked a federal court to temporarily halt the State of Texas’s exclusion of certain veterans from receiving college tuition exemptions available...
