Aug 6, 2010 | News Releases
MALDEF, the Dolores Huerta Foundation and the Mexican Heritage Corporation jointly announce dates in August and September for series of concerts in Los Angeles and San Jose with headliners that include Carlos Santana, Pete Escovedo, Lila Downs, Zack de la Rocha,...
Aug 5, 2010 | News Releases
Confirmation Process Ignores Critical Shifts in U.S. Demographics LOS ANGELES, CA – Today, the Huffington Post published an article by Thomas A. Saenz, MALDEF President and General Counsel, in which he explains that MALDEF has reluctantly decided not to take a...
Jul 29, 2010 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases
Federal judge blocks most egregious provisions of law in ruling in DOJ case that parallels MALDEF and civil rights coalition suit PHOENIX, AZ – A federal court in Phoenix today blocks major provisions of Arizona’s anti-immigrant law, known as SB 1070, pending a final...
Jul 24, 2010 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases
MALDEF filed amicus brief to address concern that state circuit court judge improperly considered the immigration status of the child’s mother with adoption petition JASPER, MO – On July 21, 2010, in the case of In Re The Adoption Of C.M.B.R., a Missouri appellate...
Jul 21, 2010 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases
U.S. Department of Justice Argument to Follow on the Same Day PHOENIX, AZ – On Thursday, July 22 at 10 a.m. PST, MALDEF and a coalition of civil rights organizations will argue in a federal court in Phoenix that Arizona’s racial profiling law, known as SB 1070,...
