Court Cases Immigrants’ Rights
NATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS COALITION TO ARIZONA GOV. BREWER: SB1070 RACIAL PROFILING PROVISION IS STILL ENJOINED
MALDEF RESPONDS TO SUPREME COURT DECISION IN ARIZONA CASE
MEDIA SPIN CANNOT OBSCURE FAILURE OF SB 1070 AND ITS ILK, SAYS MALDEF PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON, D.C. – 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. In response, MALDEF President and General Counsel Thomas A. Saenz issued the following statement:
Federal Court Rejects Arizona Vigilante Roger Barnett’s Final Attempt To Avoid Paying For Attack On Immigrants
SAN ANTONIO, TX – Today, MALDEF lauded a decision by Senior U.S District Judge, Frank Zapata, denying Arizona vigilante Roger Barnett’s latest attempt to avoid paying punitive damages to a group of immigrants he attacked in 2004. The group included an unarmed Latina mother lying on the ground, whom Barnett kicked.
Fifth Circuit Affirms Farmers Branch Housing Ordinance As Unconstitutional Targeting of Undocumented Immigrants
MALDEF Secures Preliminary Injunction in New Mexico Driver’s License Lawsuit
MALDEF: Lawsuit Necessary for Immediate Halt to New Mexico Governor’s Unlawful Driver’s License “Residency Certification Program”
UNITED STATES FILES SUIT CHALLENGING ALABAMA ANTI-IMMIGRANT LAW
TEXAS REDISTRICTING: ANTI-IMMIGRANT LAWSUIT DROPPED AFTER MALDEF JOINS CASE
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.