News Releases
MALDEF Denounces LAPD Officers’ Use of Force During May 1st Peaceful Marches at MacArthur Park
MALDEF Regional Counsel Testifies Before Congress on Promise and Shortcomings of NCLB for English Language Learners
MALDEF Applauds State Judge’s Decision to Block Two Valley Park Anti-Immigrant Ordinances
ST. LOUIS, MO – The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) strongly supports a state judge’s decision to permanently block two anti-immigration ordinances in Valley Park, Missouri. Last year, a coalition of private lawyers, law schools and civil rights organizations, including MALDEF, filed suit against the City on behalf of a group of residents, business owners, and a fair housing agency claiming that the ordinances violated federal law and fair housing protections.
MALDEF Sues Again To Block Valley Park Anti-Immigrant Ordinance
MALDEF, Quietflex Manufacturing Company, L.P., Announce Final Approval Of Settlement With Latino Employees On Discrimination Claims
Houston, TX – U.S. District Judge Lee Rosenthal granted final approval today to the settlement of discrimination claims asserted against Quietflex Manufacturing Company, L.P. (“the Company”). Under the terms of the settlement, the Company’s insurer will pay $2.8 million to 78 current and former Latino Company employees. In addition, the Company has agreed to implement policies and practices to advance equal employment opportunity.
Farmers Branch To Consider Repeal Of Anti-Immigrant Ordinance Challenged By MALDEF and ACLU
FARMERS BRANCH, TX – Today, the city of Farmers Branch filed a joint document in federal court with the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) and American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Texas (ACLU) in which the city agreed to not enforce its current ordinance. The Farmers Branch City Council voted yesterday to direct their City Attorney to draft a new ordinance effectively repealing the City’s anti-immigrant ordinance adopted on November 13, 2006.
State Court Judge Halts Farmers Branch Ordinance
ACLU, MALDEF File Temporary Restraining Order In Immigration Ordinance Challenge
Farmers Branch City Council Proceeds With Implementation Of Challenged Immigration Ordinance
MALDEF Recoginizes Fifth Anniverary of No Child Left Behind Act
Local Groups File Challenge to Cherokee Anti-Immigrant Ordinance
MALDEF Studies Unconstitutional Aspects of New Cherokee County Anti-Immigrant Ordinance
MALDEF Wins Ruling Striking Down Racial Segregation Case In Dallas Elementary School
Dallas, TX– Yesterday, a federal judge ruled that the principal of Preston Hollow Elementary School in Dallas segregated minority students on the basis of their race in violation of the U.S. Constitution and ordered the principal to cease the segregation and pay punitive damages to injured students.
MALDEF Wins Ruling Striking Down Racial Segregation Case In Dallas Elementary School
Dallas, TX– Yesterday, a federal judge ruled that the principal of Preston Hollow Elementary School in Dallas segregated minority students on the basis of their race in violation of the U.S. Constitution and ordered the principal to cease the segregation and pay punitive damages to injured students.