Friday, February 22nd, 2013
By Griselda Nevarez, Voxxi The November election changed the nation’s thinking of the Latino community, said Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF). Speaking at MALDEF’s Latino State of the Union on Thursday, Saenz recalled hearing many pundits on election night last year using numbers to describe the Latino
Wednesday, February 13th, 2013
By Nina Perales, Vice President of Litigation for MALDEF In the 2012 general election, an estimated ten percent of votes were cast by Latinos. The record high number was accompanied by media commentary expressing surprise at the strength of the...
Thursday, February 7th, 2013
PRESS RELEASE Court Orders Tucson School District To Reinstate Culturally Relevant Curriculum That Reflects The History, Culture and Experiences of Mexican Americans TUCSON, AZ - Yesterday Judge David C. Bury ruled in favor of Latino plaintiffs in the...
Friday, December 7th, 2012
PRESS RELEASE Litigation Settlement Prevents Sheriff Baca From Keeping Decades-Old Documents Under Wraps And Subject Only to In-Person Supervised Review LOS ANGELES, CA - On Tuesday, MALDEF settled its lawsuit against Sheriff Lee Baca and the County of...
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012
By Maria Cardona, Latinovations As a Latina mother, there is nothing more important to me than inculcating in my children the importance of making sure their voices are heard—whether in the classroom, in sports, in student government, in...
Wednesday, August 29th, 2012
PRESS RELEASE MALDEF Secures Ruling that Texas Discriminated Against Latino Voters WASHINGTON, D.C. – Earlier today, a three-judge federal panel issued a ruling in Texas v. United Statesdenying preclearance under section 5 of the Voting Rights Act for three...
Thursday, August 16th, 2012
Thursday August 16, 2012 Univision Protestes Lack of Hispanic Moderator for Presidential Debate (Variety): Univision’s Randy Falco today sent a letter to the Commission on Presidential Debates, expressing disappointment that no Hispanic journalists were selected as moderators of...
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012
PRESS RELEASE Los Angeles, CA – Today, on behalf of Latino car wash workers, MALDEF filed suit against the owners of three Santa Monica area car wash facilities—Santa Monica Car Wash and Detailing, Millennium Car Wash, and Bumble...
Tuesday, April 24th, 2012
(Editor’s note: the following is a MALDEF Press Release) Today (4/23/12) MALDEF filed a petition for writ of mandate to compel Sheriff Lee Baca to release public records relating to the death of Ruben Salazar. Sheriff Baca...
Tuesday, April 17th, 2012
Today, MALDEF welcomed the Ninth Circuit’s en banc ruling in Gonzalez v. State of Arizona, striking down critical provisions of an Arizona law that restricted voter access. MALDEF had challenged the 2004 law, also known as Proposition 200,...
Tuesday, January 17th, 2012
The Mexican American Legal Dense and Education Fund has gone to the defense of a Latina who was fired for calling-out discriminatory practices at the New Mexico driver’s license bureau. The woman, Laura Montano, of Albuquerque, says ...
Tuesday, December 13th, 2011
What does it cost to teach English to an immigrant child in the United States? A state district court in Colorado may not have an exact amount, but it knows how much is not enough. That was...
Friday, September 16th, 2011
All of the arguments in the federal law suit against the State of Texas’ redistricting scheme have been made. The Plaintiffs – The Mexican American Legislative Caucus (MALC); LULAC; MALDEF – have rested their case. It’s now up to...
Wednesday, September 14th, 2011
Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis was in San Antonio recently and as a part of her visit she held a town hall-type conversation sponsored by the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) and the Guadalupe...
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