News Releases
MALDEF Settles Historic School Desegregation Case
MALDEF Appeals Court Ruling Upholding Arizona Proposition 200 Voter Restrictions
PHOENIX, AZ – Today, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) appealed to the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals the ruling of a federal judge upholding the voting restrictions of Arizona Proposition 200, also known as the Arizona Taxpayer and Citizen Protection Act. MALDEF had challenged the law as unconstitutional because it forced voters to meet onerous new identification requirements at the polls and imposed unnecessary paperwork requirements on those seeking to register to vote.
MALDEF Settles Historic School Desegregation Case
ACLU of Texas, MALDEF File Suit to Stop Farmers Branch Newest Anti-Immigrant Ordinance
Civil Rights Groups Call On Congress To Assist Homeowners In Its Economic Recovery Package
Civil Rights Groups Call On Congress To Assist Homeowners In Its Economic Recovery Package
Latino Community Mourns The Loss Of Dionicio Morales, Arizona Native And Civil Rights Leader
Court Blocks Local Arizona Anti-Solicitation Law
Major Ruling in Case for Texas English Language Learner Students
Major Ruling in Case for Texas English Language Learner Students
MALDEF Strongly Supports Introduction of ‘Strengthening Communities Through Education and Integration Act of 2008’
MALDEF Apoya Fuertemente La Introducción Del “Acta de 2008 Para El Fortalecimiento De Las Comunidades A Través De La Educación Y La Integración”
Sheriff Arpaio Sued Over Racial Profiling of Latinos In Maricopa County
PHOENIX, AZ – Today, five individuals and Somos America, a Latino community-based coalition, sued Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the Maricopa County Sheriffs Office (MCSO) and Maricopa County, charging that they or their members were unlawfully stopped and mistreated by law enforcement because they are Latino. The class action lawsuit – which builds upon a complaint filed last December – is before the U.S. District Court in Arizona.