Dec 9, 2010 | DACA, News Releases, Public Policy, Public Policy Immigrants' Rights
THE HOUSE AND SENATE WILL TAKE UP THE DREAM ACT TODAY! WASHINGTON, D.C. – For close to ten years, MALDEF and other organizations have pushed to make the DREAM Act (the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act) into a reality. Earlier this year, the...
Dec 9, 2010 | DACA, News Releases, Public Policy, Public Policy Immigrants' Rights
Thomas A. Saenz, MALDEF President and General Counsel, Statement on DREAM Act Vote by the U.S. House of Representatives WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives voted on the latest version of the DREAM Act (the Development, Relief and Education for...
Dec 1, 2010 | DACA, News Releases, Public Policy, Public Policy Immigrants' Rights
CALL YOUR U.S. SENATORS AND U.S. REPRESENTATIVE TODAY AND TELL HIM OR HER TO MOVE ON THE DREAM ACT DURING THE LAME DUCK SESSION! LOS ANGELES, CA – For the last decade, MALDEF and other organizations nationwide have pushed to make the DREAM Act (the Development, Relief...
Nov 16, 2010 | Court Cases Education, News Releases
LOS ANGELES, CA – Today, MALDEF applauded the California Supreme Court's ruling in Martinez v. Regents, upholding the California law known as AB 540. AB 540 provides a waiver of out-of-state tuition fees at California's public colleges and universities for students...
Oct 27, 2010 | News Releases, Voting Rights
Court ruling comes one week before a critical national election and stands as a warning to anyone who seeks to deter or prevent voter participation SAN ANTONIO, TX – Today, MALDEF welcomed the Ninth Circuit's ruling in Gonzalez v. State of Arizona, striking down an...
