Sep 24, 2008 | Court Cases Access to Justice, News Releases
PHOENIX, AZ – Today, the Arizona Supreme Court rejected the appeal of border vigilante Roger Barnett who was found liable by a jury after assaulting a family of Latino U.S. citizens while they were hunting on state land in southern Arizona. The Mexican American Legal...
Sep 23, 2008 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases
DALLAS, TX – City officials in Farmers Branch, Texas today agreed not to fight a request from residents to block the city's latest anti-immigrant ordinance from taking effect while a legal challenge continues. The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Texas and...
Sep 19, 2008 | News Releases, Public Policy, Public Policy Access to Justice
LOS ANGELES, CA – Today, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) participated in a press conference at their Los Angeles office headquarters in support of Assembly Judiciary Chairman Dave Jones’s bill to expand court interpreter services to...
Sep 17, 2008 | Court Cases Education, News Releases
AB 540 Still Remains in Effect Pending Final Resolution SAN ANTONIO, TX – On Monday, a federal district court in San Antonio signed a Consent Order memorializing a settlement agreement reached between the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District (the District)...
Sep 17, 2008 | Court Cases Education, News Releases
La ley AB 540 todavía permanece en efecto en espera de una resolución final LOS ANGELES, CA – Este lunes, una Corte de Apelación de California emitió un dictamen que pone en duda la validez de la ley AB 540 de California. La AB540 es una ley de California que provee...
