Nov 10, 2017 | Events, News Releases
(Los Angeles, CA) – California Secretary of State Alex Padilla, former Attorney General of New Mexico Patricia Madrid, and artist and muralist Barbara Carrasco were honored Thursday at the 2017 MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) Los...
Nov 7, 2017 | News Releases, Voting Rights
(Los Angeles, CA) – Civil rights advocates are asking a federal court to allow them to intervene in a lawsuit that seeks to overturn the City of Poway’s election system and challenges the constitutionality of the California Voting Rights Act (CVRA). In a motion...
Nov 3, 2017 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases
New Orleans, LA – MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) will return to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Tuesday, Nov. 7, to present argument on Texas SB 4. The hearing before the three-judge panel will consider...
Nov 3, 2017 | News Releases
LOS ANGELES – MALDEF will host its 2017 Los Angeles Awards Gala honoring the work and achievements of three influential leaders, on November 9, 2017, at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel at 6 p.m. Michelle Valles, news anchor and reporter for NBC4 Southern...
Nov 2, 2017 | News Releases
LOS ANGELES – Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund), released the following statement today on the appointment of Victor G. Viramontes as a Los Angeles County Superior Judge. Viramontes has...
