Immigrants’ Rights
MALDEF FILES LAWSUIT CHALLENGING LEAGUE CITY’S ANTI-SOLICITATION POLICY
MALDEF FORCES WITHDRAWAL OF LEGAL CHALLENGE TO TEXAS’ INSTATE TUITION LAW, HB 1403
NINTH CIRCUIT COURT CONFIRMS THAT ARIZONA’S SB 1070 ANTI-IMMIGRANT LAW CANNOT TAKE EFFECT
MALDEF AND NDLON STATEMENTS IN RESPONSE TO COURT RULING IN REDONDO BEACH DAY LABORER CASE
LOS ANGELES, CA – Today, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals granted the plaintiffs’ request for rehearing en banc in Comite de Jornaleros de Redondo Beach v. City of Redondo Beach, a challenge to an ordinance barring speech of day laborers seeking employment. The effect of today’s order is to render the panel decision of several months ago, which upheld the ordinance, of no further controlling effect. A larger en banc panel of the Ninth Circuit will rehear and reconsider the case, with oral argument set for March 2011.
MALDEF AND NDLON STATEMENTS IN RESPONSE TO COURT RULING IN REDONDO BEACH DAY LABORER CASE
LOS ANGELES, CA – Today, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals granted the plaintiffs’ request for rehearing en banc in Comite de Jornaleros de Redondo Beach v. City of Redondo Beach, a challenge to an ordinance barring speech of day laborers seeking employment. The effect of today’s order is to render the panel decision of several months ago, which upheld the ordinance, of no further controlling effect. A larger en banc panel of the Ninth Circuit will rehear and reconsider the case, with oral argument set for March 2011.
MALDEF AND OTHER GROUPS FILE AMICUS BRIEF OPPOSING ARIZONA’S RACIAL PROFILING LAW
Court Blocks Major Provisions of Arizona’s Anti-Immigrant Law
Infant Returned to Mother After Missouri Appellate Court Reaffirms Parental Rights of Immigrant Parent
MALDEF and Other Civil Rights Groups in Court Thursday at 10 A.M. to Block Implementation of Arizona’s Racial Profiling Law
MALDEF Issues Statement in Response to U.S. Department of Justice Lawsuit Against Arizona’s Anti-Immigrant Law SB 1070
MALDEF Secures Settlement with Ottawa County to Protect Latino Michigan Couple’s Right to Marry
MALDEF & Civil Rights Groups Ask Court to Block SB 1070 During Legal Battle
PHOENIX, AZ – Late Friday, MALDEF and a coalition of civil rights groups asked a federal court to block Arizona from implementing its controversial new law, known as SB 1070, pending a final court ruling on its constitutionality. The law requires police to demand ‘papers’ from people they stop who they suspect are “unlawfully present” in the U.S. According to the coalition, the law would subject massive numbers of people—both citizens and non-citizens— to racial profiling, improper investigations and detention.
MALDEF and Other Civil Rights Groups File Legal Challenge to Arizona Racial Profiling Law
PHOENIX, AZ – MALDEF and a coalition of civil rights groups filed a class action lawsuit today in a federal court in Phoenix challenging Arizona’s new law requiring police to demand “papers” from people they stop who they suspect are not authorized to be in the U.S. The extreme law, the coalition charged, invites the racial profiling of people of color, violates the First Amendment and interferes with federal law.