Aug 25, 2009 | News Releases, Public Policy, Public Policy Education
To help keep young Latinas in school and on track for success, the National Women’s Law Center and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund went straight to the source: Latina students and the adults who work with them every day. Our new...
May 1, 2009 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, Public Policy
On July 14, 2008, Ramirez lost his life after he was knocked unconscious and severely beaten by a group of Shenandoah teenagers who yelled racial epithets throughout the fatal beating. Charging documents and eyewitness accounts indicate that Ramirez was punched and...
Mar 9, 2009 | Voting Rights
The United States Supreme Court will decide this term a voting rights case that could have a significant impact on state redistricting plans following the 2010 census. The case concerns a 2003 redistricting plan in North Carolina, under which the General Assembly...
Feb 27, 2009 | Public Policy, Public Policy Immigrants' Rights
In July of 2008, 25-year old Luis Ramirez lost his life after he was knocked unconscious and kicked in the head by a group of Shenandoah, Pennsylvania teenagers who yelled racial epithets before and during the brutal beating. In November, 37-year old Marcelo Lucero...
Feb 18, 2009 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights
Since the late 1990’s, vigilantes along the Mexican-American border have engaged in private campaigns to hunt and detain Latino immigrants or presumed immigrants often against their will and by gunpoint. In March 2004, a group of Latinos were violently assaulted,...
