News Releases
MALDEF Challenges Exclusion of Military Veterans From State Education Program
SAN ANTONIO, TX – Today, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), the nation’s leading Latino legal organization, filed suit in federal district court challenging the exclusion of certain military veterans from the Texas Hazlewood Act, which provides a tuition waiver at Texas public colleges and universities. Although the program is intended to further the education of honorably-discharged Texas veterans, the State excludes from the Hazlewood tuition exemption those veterans who were not U.S. citizens at the time they entered the service, including those veterans who subsequently became citizens during wartime and thus served as citizens in defense of the United States. Plaintiffs in the lawsuit include two honorably-discharged Texas veterans who are naturalized U.S. citizens as well as the American GI Forum of Texas, a veteran’s advocacy organization.
Judge Grants ACLU, MALDEF Request For Preliminary Injunction In Immigration Ordinance Challenge
President Bush’s Executive Order Imposes Flawed Electronic Verification System On Government Contractors
Judge Grants MALDEF, ACLU Request For Temporary Restraining Order In Immigration Ordinance Challenge
MALDEF Se Une A La Demanda Para Recuperar Los Salarios De Trabajadores Que Fueron Obligados A Trabajar Sin Paga
MALDEF Joins Lawsuit To Recover Wages For Employees Who Were Forced To Work “Off The Clock” Without Pay
ACLU and MALDEF Disappointed In Farmers Branch Election Results
MALDEF Wins Ruling for Tucson Public School Students
MALDEF Joins National Lawyers Guild To Represent Victims of Los Angeles Police Department’s Excessive Force at May 1 Immigrant Rights March
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.