Public Policy
MALDEF APPLAUDS CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR BROWN’S SIGNING OF THE TRUST ACT
SUPREME COURT DECISION PULLING BACK ON VOTING RIGHTS HARMS LATINO VOTERS
MALDEF JOINS IN CALLING ON PRESIDENT TO SUSPEND DEPORTATIONS AS CONGRESS DEBATES IMMIGRATION REFORM
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. More than 410,000 were deported last year, the most ever. These deportations break apart thousands of families, and in many cases, the family members allowed to stay suffer severe financial strain as a result of losing an economic contributor to the household. Deportations also disrupt communities and workplaces when someone with strong connections to the community is seized and removed.
MALDEF AND POLICYLINK RELEASE PUBLIC SAFETY POLICY AGENDA
MALDEF REACTS TO BIPARTISAN SENATE FRAMEWORK AS POSITIVE STARTING POINT ON NEEDED IMMIGRATION REFORM IN 2013
MALDEF, CIVIL RIGHTS COALITION CHALLENGE ARIZONA POLICY DENYING DRIVER’S LICENSES TO IMMIGRANT YOUTH
MALDEF JOINS IN FILING DRAFT PLAN TO DESEGREGATE AND IMPROVE EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT FOR LATINO STUDENTS IN TUCSON UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
MALDEF COMBATS VOTE SUPPRESSION IN LEAD-UP TO ELECTION DAY
MALDEF SECURES DEMISE OF NEW MEXICO’S DISCRIMINATORY RESIDENCY CERTIFICATION PROGRAM TARGETING IMMIGRANTS
MALDEF LAUNCHES “AMERICA, OUR HOME”; SHORT FILM COMMEMORATING LATINO PATRIOTISM: HELP MALDEF ENSURE THE LATINO LEGACY IS ACKNOWLEDGED THROUGHOUT AMERICAN LIFE
SUPREME COURT DENIES ARIZONA LAST-DITCH EFFORT TO BLOCK USE OF FEDERAL VOTER REGISTRATION FORM
THOMAS A. SAENZ RESPONDS TO THE PRESIDENT’S DECISION TO PROVIDE RELIEF TO UNDOCUMENTED YOUTH
RECENT FLORIDA AND ARIZONA CHALLENGES TO LONG-STANDING VOTING RIGHTS ACT PROVIDE ADDITIONAL AREAS OF CONCERN FOR LATINO VOTE
The States of Florida and Arizona have filed challenges to the Voting Rights Act (VRA) in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Section 5 of the VRA, described by the Supreme Court as “remed(ying) aimed at areas where voting discrimination has been most flagrant,” helps protect the right to vote in places where, historically, this right has been most threatened. The VRA provides for federal oversight of any changes to rules and procedures affecting voting, including redistricting maps, in specified jurisdictions.