Aug 21, 2010 | News Releases
With passing of MALDEF Co-Founder Mario G. Obledo, Esq., the legal, humanitarian and civil rights communities lose a pioneer, leader and friend LOS ANGELES, CA – Civil rights pioneer and MALDEF Co-Founder Mario G. Obledo passed away in Sacramento on Wednesday August...
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...
