LOS ANGELES – A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit filed by a former mayor of Poway that sought to overturn the city’s district based election system and challenged the constitutionality of the California Voting...
Read MoreLos Angeles, CA – MALDEF and the University of Houston Law Center will host a panel discussion next week to mark the 35th anniversary of the United State Supreme Court’s historic ruling in Plyler v. Doe, which guaranteed...
Read MoreCorpus Christi, TX – A MALDEF lawsuit filed in April aimed at stopping the exclusion of Mexican Americans from being buried in a “Whites Only” Cemetery came to a swift end Friday when the Normanna Cemetery...
Read MorePHOENIX, AZ – The Latino Victory Foundation, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, National Education Association, and Labor Council For Latin American Advancement/National Hispanic Leadership Agenda...
Read MoreBill Will Limit State Cooperation with Federal Immigration Authorities LOS ANGELES, CA – Today, MALDEF President and General Counsel, Thomas A. Saenz, released the following statement in response to California Governor...
Read MoreMALDEF Vows to Continue to Fight Aggressively to Preserve Precious Right WASHINGTON, DC – Today, in a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court invalidated a key provision of the Voting Rights Act. The Court struck down as...
Read MoreResounding Defeat for Arizona and Brewer Still Leaves Dangerous Possibility of Racial Profiling WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the Supreme Court affirmed an injunction against three of the four core SB 1070 provisions (Sections 3,...
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