Feb 25, 2009 | News Releases
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), the nation’s leading Latino legal civil rights organization, celebrated its 10th Annual Washington, D.C. Awards Gala, recognizing leaders in the public and private sector who...
Feb 19, 2009 | Court Cases Access to Justice, News Releases
MALDEF represents Latinos held at gunpoint by Barnett TUCSON, AZ – A civil jury held today that a vigilante rancher operating along the Arizona-Mexico border is liable for assaulting and intentionally inflicting emotional distress on a group of immigrants he found on...
Feb 12, 2009 | Court Cases Access to Justice, News Releases
PHOENIX – A federal court ruled that a class action lawsuit charging that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio illegally profiled Latinos can proceed. In July 2008, five individuals and Somos America, a Latino community-based coalition, sued Arpaio, the Maricopa County...
Feb 5, 2009 | Court Cases Access to Justice, News Releases
MALDEF pleased that City agrees to settle all pending federal claims arising out of police LOS ANGELES, CA – Today, the Los Angeles City Council unanimously approved a settlement agreement in the litigation between the victims of the MacArthur Park melee and the...
Feb 5, 2009 | News Releases
Commends Congressional leadership for removing barriers to health care for legal immigrant children WASHINGTON, DC – This afternoon, President Obama signed into law the reauthorization and expansion of the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). In addition to...
