Oct 15, 2016 | News Releases, Public Policy, Public Policy Access to Justice
LOS ANGELES, CA – MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) today announces its endorsement of California’s Proposition 62. MALDEF urges all California voters to vote “Yes” on the proposition. Proposition 62 would eliminate the...
Oct 13, 2016 | News Releases
LOS ANGELES – MALDEF President and General Counsel Thomas A. Saenz and former President and General Counsel Vilma S. Martinez today issued the following statements in response to the passing of Jack Greenberg, a crusading civil rights attorney who served as the...
Oct 13, 2016 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, DACA, News Releases
LOS ANGELES, CA – MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) today released a first-of-its-kind toolkit designed to help undocumented youth obtain the critical records needed to apply for temporary relief from deportation under President...
Oct 7, 2016 | Court Cases Education, News Releases
SAN ANTONIO, TX – Dozens of counties in Texas are violating the federal Voting Rights Act by failing to provide bilingual voting information on their websites, including information on polling places, according to MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and...
Oct 6, 2016 | News Releases, Public Policy, Public Policy Education
LOS ANGELES, CA – MALDEF announced today its strong support for Proposition 58, one of many statewide initiatives on the California ballot on November 8. Proposition 58 would remove a failed statewide mandate on how English learners are to be educated in public...
