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MALDEF President and General Counsel, Thomas A. Saenz, joined representatives from other immigrant rights groups in a telebriefing for the press earlier this week to urge President Obama to immediately suspend deportations of those potentially eligible for legalization while Congress deliberates on immigration reform.
MALDEF mourns the loss of Mexican American leader and pioneer Raymond L. Telles. Telles was the first Mexican American mayor of a major city and is credited with opening the path to high political offices for other Latinos nationwide by running the city of El Paso successfully during his two terms.
In many ways, Carmen M. Leija reflects the very corazón of MALDEF – quite appropriate given the fact that she joined the organization on Valentine’s Day in 1983.
National independent public transmedia company KCETLink, and MALDEF, the nation's leading Latino legal civil rights organization, have announced a partnership to curate and produce programming that spotlights key social justice issues and cultural narratives of the U.S. Latino experience to a national audience on KCET and Link TV.
Yesterday Judge David C. Bury ruled in favor of Latino plaintiffs in the longstanding desegregation lawsuit against the Tucson Unified School District (“TUSD”), filed by MALDEF in 1974 in federal district court in Tucson, Arizona.
After more than three months of testimony, Travis County District Court Judge John K. Dietz announced his ruling from the bench, holding that the Texas public school finance system is arbitrary, inequitable and inadequate under the Texas Constitution and that low-wealth school districts lack local control over their tax rates.
MALDEF President and General Counsel, Thomas A. Saenz, issued the following statement in response to President Obama’s speech on immigration today:
MALDEF President and General Counsel, Thomas A. Saenz, issued the following statement today in response to today’s announcement of a bipartisan framework for immigration reform:
I know that you have all been inundated with end-of-year requests for support from numerous worthwhile causes. While our work at MALDEF also requires ongoing support and we always welcome your donations, this email is not primarily a request for money. Instead, I wanted to provide some key examples of our recent and ongoing critical work, even in the holiday-consumed last weeks of calendar 2012.
MALDEF is proud to support the release of "Memories of Christmas," a new collection of holiday songs recorded in Mexican musical styles by the group Ronstadt Generations.
On Tuesday, MALDEF settled its lawsuit against Sheriff Lee Baca and the County of Los Angeles challenging the Sheriff's attempt to withhold unredacted records regarding the 1970 killing of prominent journalist, Rubén Salazar.
Justice is really a great gift, for both giver and the reciever.
Happy Thanksgiving to all! As we celebrate this most American of holidays and reflect on this momentous year for Latinos and for the entire country, we express thanks for all of you.
On November 9, 2012, MALDEF joined in filing a draft plan with the federal District Court in Fisher, et al., Mendoza, et al. v. Tucson Unified School District (TUSD), that is a blueprint for improving educational outcomes for Latino students and is intended to resolve a longstanding desegregation lawsuit against the District.
In key states, Latino voters are confronted with illegal voting barriers that threaten their ability to cast ballots on Election Day. MALDEF is fighting to ensure that Latino and other eligible voters are able to participate in the November 6 election without interference or attempts to suppress their vote.
Over the last three weeks, MALDEF has released state-by-state endorsements on ballot measures to subscribers from each state. Below, we release nationally all of the positions MALDEF has taken for the upcoming November 6 election.
Nine years ago, when the Supreme Court upheld the limited use of race in university admissions, the majority opinion in Grutter v. Bollinger indicated that the decision was expected to stand for 25 years. At that time,
Este noviembre enfrentamos una elección crítica en la que los niveles altos de participación por todas partes pueden mandar un mensaje poderoso sobre la importancia de la comunidad Latina y su opinión política.
This November, we face a critical election, in which high levels of participation by Latino voters and their allies everywhere can send a powerful message about the importance of the Latino community and its policy views.
This November, we face a critical election, in which high levels of participation by Latino voters and their allies everywhere can send a powerful message about the importance of the Latino community and its policy views.
This November, we face a critical election, in which high levels of participation by Latino voters and their allies everywhere can send a powerful message about the importance of the Latino community and its policy views.
This November, we face a critical election, in which high levels of participation by Latino voters and their allies everywhere can send a powerful message about the importance of the Latino community and its policy views.
While the referendum developed long ago as a "progressive" reform, it is too often used by those who oppose progressive legal change to challenge positive measures adopted by the legislature.
While generally categorized as a progressive reform procedure, too often the referendum is used by those who oppose progressive legal change to challenge positive measures adopted by a legislature.
This November, we face a critical election, in which high levels of participation by Latino voters everywhere can send a powerful message about the importance of the Latino community and its policy views.
Call Governor Brown today at 916-445-2841, and urge him to sign AB 1081 as a critical step to saving money, ending community disruption, and ensuring public safety.
MALDEF is releasing a compelling short film featuring The Star Spangled Banner from a new collection of American patriotic songs recorded in Mexican musical styles by the group Ronstadt Generations, also titled “America, Our Home.”
Two weeks ago, the federal court in Washington, D.C. delivered two important victories for democracy in Texas.
Nine years ago, when the Supreme Court upheld the limited use of race in university admissions, the majority opinion in Grutter v. Bollinger indicated that the decision was expected to stand for 25 years.
Today, MALDEF is saddened at the passing yesterday of pioneering Mexican American actress, Lupe Ontiveros.
Many of the proponents of Arizona's notorious SB 1070, including Governor Jan Brewer, have attempted to spin today's 5-3 Supreme Court decision striking down three provisions and leaving a fourth with high obstacles in front of implementation, as a victory for the purveyors of such legislation.
Many of the proponents of Arizona's notorious SB 1070, including Governor Jan Brewer, have attempted to spin today's 5-3 Supreme Court decision striking down three provisions and leaving a fourth with high obstacles in front of implementation, as a victory for the purveyors of such legislation.
Resounding Defeat for Arizona and Brewer Still Leaves Dangerous Possibility of Racial Profiling
Today, MALDEF President and General Counsel, Thomas A. Saenz, released the following statement in response to President Obama’s decision to provide relief to undocumented youth who have lived in the United States for most of their lives.
Legendary Civil Rights Leader Leaves a Legacy of Brilliant Advocacy
Leading Legal Civil Rights Organization Hosts Public Discussion on Key Issues Affecting Latinos
This year's MALDEF Latino State of the Union marked the 5th annual roundtable on law, policy, and civil rights with national leaders and experts convened in Washington, D.C.
Tomorrow evening, MALDEF President and General Counsel Thomas A. Saenz will join other leaders of bench and bar in serving as judges in a "moot court" event around the constitutionality of a critical portion of the health care reform act.
This year's MALDEF Latino State of the Union marked the 5th annual roundtable on law, policy, and civil rights with national leaders and experts convened in Washington, D.C.
As we come to the end of 2011, the Latino community looks eagerly to 2012.
Yesterday, MALDEF filed suit on behalf of La Union Benefica Mexicana, a Latino community and civic organization in Northern Indiana, against the State of Indiana to strike down two previously-unchallenged provisions of the State’s anti-immigrant law known as Senate Bill 590 (SB 590).
MALDEF is also pleased to announce the 2010-2011 MALDEF Law School Scholarship Winners!
Admired leader well-known for increasing Latino parent engagement in education
Court supports increased Latino electoral opportunity throughout the State
MALDEF successfully litigated for new Latino opportunity districts
From NALEO Co-Founder and Executive Director to Admired Professor at USC School of Policy, Planning and Development
MALDEF Lauds Successes and Commits to Further Efforts in 2012
9-2 decision holds restrictions on day laborer speech unconstitutional
Judge orders New Mexico Secretary of Tax and Revenue to halt Governor Martinez's program
Rodriguez served Latino community for over twenty years
Thomas A. Saenz, MALDEF President and General Counsel Statement: Government's decision is "severe threat to civil rights in our nation"
Let Them Know They Need to Respect the Federal Voting Rights Act and Avoid a Potentially EXPENSIVE Lawsuit the County is Guaranteed to Lose.
This announcement is sent at the request of Dolores Huerta
MALDEF President and General Counsel Thomas A. Saenz joined with actor, activist and board member Eva Longoria, Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) and others to host a press conference on Capitol Hill to advocate for greater protections for farmworker children.
On Friday, June 17, 2011, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced long overdue yet still inadequate changes to the Secure Communities program.
An important initiative is catching on nationwide to assure that public schools everywhere provide education on the same set of core skills and knowledge. Still, there remains much work to be done in ensuring that implementation of common core state standards is completed in the best way to serve all students.
On March 23, MALDEF, the nation's leading legal civil rights organization, hosted the inaugural "Latino State of the State: The 1st Annual Roundtable on Law, Policy and Civil Rights in California." The event served as the first major convening of MALDEF's Sacramento Policy Office since it reopened in 2010.
Register and pay the attendance fee for full privileges of sending one voting delegate and ten observers to the 2011 National Latino Congreso. Endorsing organizations will receive 1 voting Delegate Pass and 10 Observer passes. This gives access to Strategy Sessions and Workshops/Plenaries/Caucuses/any meals/Hospitality suites/Inauguration and Welcome Reception.
On March 2nd, MALDEF held a press conference announcing a lawsuit filed against the City of Westminster, as well as two former Police Chiefs of the Westminster Police Department, for discrimination against Latino police officers on the basis of their national origin.
On March 2nd, MALDEF held a press conference announcing a lawsuit filed against the City of Westminster, as well as two former Police Chiefs of the Westminster Police Department, for discrimination against Latino police officers on the basis of their national origin.
United States Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, has appointed MALDEF President and General Counsel, Thomas A. Saenz, and MALDEF board member, Jesse Ruiz, among twenty-eight members of the Department of Education’s newly created Equity and Excellence Commission.
George Lopez, comedian, actor and host of late-night talk show "Lopez Tonight," pledged $20,000 to MALDEF from the proceeds of his January 29 concert in Phoenix, Arizona. The generous pledge from The Lopez Foundation will allow MALDEF to continue to realize the organization's mission of serving as the nation's leading Latino legal civil rights organization.
The 2011 MALDEF Latino State of the Union featured an engaging discussion between MALDEF President and General Counsel, Thomas A. Saenz and other nationally-recognized leaders about major issues that will be of significant concern to the Latino community this year.
MALDEF welcomed the Ninth Circuit’s ruling in Vicente v. Barnett, upholding an Arizona jury verdict against a vigilante rancher operating along the Arizona-Mexico border. The Ninth Circuit affirmed the jury’s decision that the vigilante was liable for assaulting a group of immigrants he found on public land.
Thomas A. Saenz, President and General Counsel, announced important developments in the leadership of the MALDEF national litigation team. Longtime senior MALDEF attorney Nina Perales has become the Director of Litigation. In this capacity, she will oversee MALDEF litigation efforts throughout the country.
Thomas A. Saenz, President and General Counsel of MALDEF, issued the statement below in response to a radical proposal by Republican Sens. David Vitter (La.) and Rand Paul (Ky.) that flies in the face of the Fourteenth Amendment’s grant of citizenship to those born in the United States of America. The constitutional right of citizenship at birth, rooted in the hard-fought American values of fairness and equality, should not be subject to political and discriminatory whims.
Today, MALDEF, along with other civil rights and civic engagement organizations, issued the following statement regarding the recently released reapportionment data: The organizations listed below are civil rights and civic engagement organizations that intend to have significant involvement in the state and local redistricting processes to be undertaken in 2011 and 2012.
Today, the United States Census Bureau released its state-by-state total population results for the 2010 Census, and with them the number of seats each state receives in the U.S. House of Representatives under reapportionment for the 113th Congress, which convenes in January 2013.
For the past year, MALDEF and the National Education Association (NEA) have worked together to refine a report that will help parents and communities across the country more easily overcome the challenges facing minority students in our schools. We are now pleased to announce a report jointly created by our two organizations entitled "Minority Parent and Community Engagement: Best Practices and Policy Recommendations for Closing the Gaps in Student Achievement."
Moments ago, by a vote of 55-41, the U.S. Senate voted against cloture of debate to permit a majority of senators who support the DREAM Act (the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act) to join the House of Representatives and pass this significant legislation.
This past Saturday, MALDEF partnered with the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON) as well as Dolores Huerta, José José and students from DREAM Team LA and the Orange County DREAM Team to organize a phone-banking outreach event to urge passage of the DREAM Act in the Senate.
Dolores Huerta, civil rights icon and co-founder of the United Farm Workers of America, has recently joined the group’s water-only fast in support of the DREAM Act. She joined students Dulce Juarez and Celso Mireles, as well as the mother of a DREAM Act student Rosa Marta Soto.
Today, the U.S. House of Representatives voted on the latest version of the DREAM Act (the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act). The final vote was 216-198 in favor of passing the DREAM Act.
As we come to the end of 2010, the Latino community could not be faulted for breathing a collective sigh of relief. This year saw an unprecedented level of vitriol targeted at the Latino community, and in particular at Latino immigrants, as a central part of too many candidate campaigns leading up to the November election.
Today, MALDEF applauded the California Supreme Court's ruling in Martinez v. Regents, upholding the California law known as AB 540. AB 540 provides a waiver of out-of-state tuition fees at California's public colleges and universities for students - regardless of immigration status - who have completed three years at a California high school and have attained a high school diploma, or the equivalent thereof.
On Thursday, November 4, 2010, MALDEF hosted its 2010 Los Angeles Awards Gala at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel. At the Gala, MALDEF paid tribute to three pioneering individuals for their long-standing commitments to public service, civil rights and Latin American music and culture respectively.
MALDEF welcomed the Ninth Circuit's ruling in Gonzalez v. State of Arizona, striking down an Arizona law that restricted voter registration. MALDEF had challenged 2004 law, also known as Proposition 200, as unconstitutional and in violation of federal law because the law forced voters to meet onerous new identification requirements at the polls and imposed unnecessary paperwork requirements on those seeking to register to vote.
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