Jan 12, 2007 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases
ACLU and MALDEF pleased that unconstitutional ordinance will not go into effect on January 12, 2007 FARMERS BRANCH, TX – Today, Judge Priddy of the 116th District Court in Dallas prohibited the City of Farmers Branch from enforcing Farmers Branch Ordinance 2892,...
Jan 11, 2007 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases
Ordinance will go into effect January 12, 2007 FARMERS BRANCH, TX – Early this morning, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) and the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Texas (ACLU) filed a request for a temporary restraining order...
Jan 10, 2007 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases
Ordinance will go into effect January 12, 2007 FARMERS BRANCH, TX – Last night, the Farmers Branch City Council refused to rescind or suspend implementation of the anti-immigrant ordinance it adopted on November 13, 2006 despite the submission of a recall petition...
Jan 9, 2007 | News Releases, Public Policy, Public Policy Education
Federal promise to reduce educational inequality WASHINGTON, DC – The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) today recognizes the fifth anniversary of The No Child Left Behind Act, which was signed into law on January 8th, 2002. The law,...
Jan 6, 2007 | Court Cases Education, News Releases
Court enjoins Cherokee County enforcement of anti-immigrant ordinance ATLANTA, GA – Today, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Georgia (ACLU/GA), ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project, and...
