Jul 21, 2006 | News Releases, Voting Rights
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) applauded the United States Senate today for its passage of S. 2703, the Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, Coretta Scott King, and Cesar Chavez Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and...
May 10, 2006 | News Releases, Voting Rights
PHOENIX, AZ – Today, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) filed suit in federal court challenging the voter registration and identification provisions of Proposition 200. MALDEF filed the case on behalf of individual voters and voter...
May 3, 2006 | Court Cases Employment, Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases
Citing Vague and Overly Broad Implications of the Law Redondo Beach Judge Prohibits Ordinance LOS ANGELES, CA – In an opinion released yesterday, a federal judge has permanently enjoined the City of Redondo Beach from the enforcing its ordinance that sought to bar day...
Apr 19, 2006 | Court Cases Education, News Releases
Lawsuit alleges ESL used as a proxy to discriminate against minority students in Dallas public school SAN ANTONIO, TX – Today, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), the nation’s leading Latino legal organization, filed suit in federal...
Mar 1, 2006 | News Releases, Voting Rights
WASHINGTON, DC – The United States Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments on the Texas Congressional redistricting case this Wednesday, March 1, 2006 at 1p.m. Nina Perales, MALDEF’s Southwestern Regional Counsel is one of two attorneys arguing against the...
