Oct 4, 2016 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, DACA, News Releases
LOS ANGELES, CA – The United States Supreme Court today denied a petition to rehear United States v. Texas, a case challenging the constitutionality of President Obama's executive actions on immigration, including the expansion of Deferred Action for Childhood...
Sep 22, 2016 | News Releases
LOS ANGELES, CA – MALDEF is pleased today to announce the recipients in its 2015-2016 Law School Scholarship Program. Since MALDEF's founding, the civil rights organization has awarded scholarships to law students who will further MALDEF's mission of advancing...
Sep 22, 2016 | Court Cases Education, News Releases
BAKERSFIELD, CA – A California District Court of Appeal panel has refused to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a coalition of civil rights groups against Kern High School District (KHSD) over disciplinary policies that unlawfully target African American and Latino...
Sep 16, 2016 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases
PHOENIX, AZ – The Arizona Attorney General's Office today issued an opinion establishing guidelines for the implementation of two remaining provisions of the state's 2010 racial profiling law, SB 1070. With the opinion, the organizations that brought Valle del...
Sep 15, 2016 | News Releases, Voting Rights
LA MIRADA, CA – The La Mirada City Council voted Tuesday to change its current at-large voting system to a district-based election system. The vote comes less than a month after the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) threatened to sue...
