Dec 5, 2008 | Court Cases Education, News Releases
Washington, DC – Today, school districts, civil rights organizations and educators urged the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold local school districts’ voluntary integration authority. The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) filed an amicus curiae...
Nov 25, 2008 | News Releases, Public Policy, Public Policy Access to Justice
Fatal Beating of Long Island Latino Man Should be a “Wake Up Call for America” WASHINGTON, DC – The brutal murder of Marcelo Lucero, a Suffolk County, Long Island man of Ecuadoran descent, brought seven national civil rights organizations together today to...
Nov 10, 2008 | News Releases, Public Policy, Public Policy Immigrants' Rights
LOS ÁNGELES, CA- El día 1 de Mayo del 2007, miles de personas participaron en una marcha y demostración pacifica para hacer un llamado para una reforma migratoria comprensiva. Estos individuos y familias, mayormente Latinos e inmigrantes, manifestaron su valor,...
Nov 6, 2008 | News Releases, Voting Rights
Record Latino voter turnout puts Latino issues at the forefront WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) President and General Counsel John Trasviña congratulated President-elect and Vice President-elect Barack Obama and...
Nov 5, 2008 | News Releases, Voting Rights
Attorneys will continue to block voter intimidation and disenfranchisement efforts LOS ANGELES, CA – The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), the nation’s leading Latino legal civil rights organization, has mounted a national voter...
