Dec 7, 2006 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases
Warns against premature implementation of the new ordinance or increased immigration checks CANTON, GA – In response to action taken last night by the Cherokee County Board of Commissioners to penalize landlords who fail to verify the immigration status of new tenants...
Nov 17, 2006 | Court Cases Education, News Releases
Dallas, TX– Yesterday, a federal judge ruled that the principal of Preston Hollow Elementary School in Dallas segregated minority students on the basis of their race in violation of the U.S. Constitution and ordered the principal to cease the segregation and pay...
Nov 15, 2006 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases
Ordinance has same constitutional flaw as others MALDEF has challenged FARMERS BRANCH, TX – In response to action taken by the Farmers Branch City Council to pass an anti-immigrant housing ordinance aimed at penalizing landlords who fail to verify the immigration...
Nov 4, 2006 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases
ESCONDIDO, CA – A coalition of civil rights organizations and law firms announced a lawsuit they filed today against the City of Escondido, CA, on the grounds that the City’s anti-immigration ordinance is unconstitutional and illegal under federal and state law. In a...
Oct 21, 2006 | News Releases, Voting Rights
Supreme court vacates Arizona prop. 200 injunction PHOENIX, AZ – Today, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated an injunction ordered by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Gonzalez v. Arizona, the challenge to voting restrictions in Arizona (PDF). The Supreme Court's...
