Jan 20, 2017 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases
PHOENIX, AZ – Civil and immigrants’ rights groups will present oral argument before a federal court on January 20th, asking the judge to issue a preliminary injunction ordering Arizona to provide driver’s licenses to applicants who have received deferred action....
Jan 7, 2017 | News Releases, Redistricting, Voting Rights
Houston, TX – The City of Pasadena, Texas illegally and intentionally sought to dilute Latino voting power when it changed the system used to elect its city council members, in violation of the federal Voting Rights Act, a federal judge ruled Friday. U.S....
Jan 4, 2017 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases
New Orleans, LA – MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) will present oral argument at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017, asking the court to uphold a federal court’s preliminary injunction blocking...
Dec 17, 2016 | News Releases, Voting Rights
LOS ANGELES, CA – Chaffey Community College District voted Thursday to change the way it elects representatives to the five-member Governing Board. The vote to shift from an at-large election system to a district-based voting system comes less than two months...
Dec 3, 2016 | News Releases, Public Policy, Public Policy Immigrants' Rights
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Please attribute the following statement on the recommendations released Thursday by the Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC) on the use of private, for-profit immigration jails to Andrea Senteno, a legislative staff attorney with MALDEF....
