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Resolute in our commitment to the legacy of our founders and leaders over the last half century, MALDEF continues to defy expectations in our legal and advocacy work. Just recently, we successfully defeated a request by the state of Texas and several other short-sighted states to block renewals under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) initiative.
This year, MALDEF marks its 50th anniversary. In unpredictable and challenging times, our half century of vital and continuing civil rights work resonates as a signal of stability and power in opposition to the retrogressive forces that set new and disturbing precedents almost every day.
Resolute in our commitment to the legacy of our founders and leaders over the last half century, MALDEF continues to defy expectations in our legal and advocacy work. Just recently, we successfully defeated a request by the state of Texas and several other short-sighted states to block renewals under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) initiative.
SAN ANTONIO, TX – MALDEF attorneys sent a letter to a Texas school district Friday warning that it was in violation of the U.S. Constitution for treating parents with foreign government-issued identification differently than...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representatives of leading civil rights organizations testified in two U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee hearings yesterday about the need to expand and strengthen the federal Voting Rights Act (VRA)...
McALLEN, TX – A federal judge in Texas today struck down key portions of Starr County’s regulations that limited political speech. In his ruling, U.S. District Judge Randy Crane concluded that certain Starr County...
LOS ANGELES – MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) is pleased to announce the recipients in its 2018-19 Law School Scholarship Program. Since MALDEF’s founding, the civil rights organization has awarded...
Gloria Molina was sworn in on March 3, 1991, as Los Angeles County Supervisor. For years,...
California’s Kern County has used a rigged political system to exploit Latinos for decades. That...
Texas is a big state, and it once used big electoral districts, with multiple elected members, as...
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