Jul 1, 2010 | News Releases
LOS ANGELES, CA – Ry Cooder created his new single “Quicksand” in response to anti-immigrant law SB 1070 and the ongoing Arizona immigration battle. SB 1070 requires police to demand ‘papers’ from people they stop who they suspect are “unlawfully present”...
Jun 16, 2010 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases
MALDEF reaches favorable settlement agreement with Ottawa County resulting in a change to their policy regarding the issuance of marriage licenses to individual without social security numbers. GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Today, MALDEF Midwest Regional Counsel Ricardo Meza...
Jun 15, 2010 | News Releases, PP Voting Rights, Public Policy
AUSTIN, TX – The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) and a coalition of voting rights groups including Advocacy Inc, the ACLU of Texas, APIAVote, Asian American Action Fund, Asian American Justice Center, the Coalition of Texans with...
Jun 5, 2010 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases
PHOENIX, AZ – Late Friday, MALDEF and a coalition of civil rights groups asked a federal court to block Arizona from implementing its controversial new law, known as SB 1070, pending a final court ruling on its constitutionality. The law requires police to demand...
May 25, 2010 | News Releases
LOS ANGELES, CA – Today, MALDEF announced position endorsements on three ballot propositions appearing on California's statewide primary election ballot scheduled for June 8, 2010: California Proposition 16: NO This initiative would impose a two-thirds voter approval...
