Feb 3, 2009 | Court Cases Access to Justice, News Releases
MALDEF represents Latinos held at gunpoint by Barnett TUCSON, AZ – A civil trial in federal court begins today on behalf of a group of individuals who were assaulted and threatened with death by a vigilante rancher and others operating along the Arizona-Mexico border....
Dec 24, 2008 | Court Cases Access to Justice, News Releases
CHICAGO, IL– The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) and Miner, Barnhill & Galland announced that yesterday a federal district court judge in Chicago reminded the City of Waukegan, Mayor Richard Hyde and Police Chief William Biang that the...
Dec 20, 2008 | Court Cases Education, News Releases
AUSTIN, TX – Earlier today, a federal district court denied the Texas Education Agency’s (TEA) request to put on hold the court’s order that requires TEA to remedy its language programs for English Language Learner (ELL) children across Texas in the long-standing...
Dec 11, 2008 | News Releases, Public Policy, Public Policy Access to Justice
LOS ANGELES, CA – Hoy, John Trasviña, Presidente del Fondo Méxicano Americano para la Defensa Legal y de la Educación llamo a lideres de todas comunidades para unirse y condenar la violencia de odio: “Lamentamos y estamos indignados por el asesinato en Brooklyn,...
Dec 11, 2008 | News Releases, Public Policy, Public Policy Access to Justice
LOS ANGELES, CA – Today, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) President & General Counsel John Trasviña called upon leaders across all communities to unite and speak out against hate violence: “We mourn and are outraged by the murder in...
