Oct 13, 2006 | Court Cases Education, News Releases
School District Petition would have set back desegregation efforts WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, October 11, 2006, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) filed an amicus curiae (friend-of-the-court) brief in the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of...
Sep 27, 2006 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases
VALLEY PARK, MO – Ayer, una Juez del Circuito del Condado de St. Louis, la Honorable Sandra Hemphill, concedió un mandato para detener la Ciudad de Valley Park, Missouri en imponer una nueva orden dirigida a inmigrantes del municipio local. Un grupo de propietarios de...
Sep 13, 2006 | News Releases, Voting Rights
PHOENIX, AZ – Yesterday, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), petitioned the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to review the denial of a preliminary injunction against the voting restrictions of Arizona’s Proposition 200. MALDEF earlier...
Aug 17, 2006 | Court Cases Education, News Releases
Civil Rights Advocacy Organization Speaks Out Against Requiring Private Citizens of Escondido to Enforce Federal Immigration Law ESCONDIDO, CA – Today, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), announced its strong opposition to the Escondido...
Aug 10, 2006 | Court Cases Education, News Releases
MALDEF alleges Latino and Anglo students kept in separate classrooms in Dallas public school DALLAS, TX – Today, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), the nation’s leading Latino legal organization, starts the trial of its case against the...
