Public Policy
MALDEF CONDEMNS RADICAL ATTEMPT TO ERODE LONG-SETTLED AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP CLAUSE OF THE FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT
LOS ANGELES, CA – 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. The Vitter-Paul proposal would strip the long-standing grant of citizenship to all born on U.S. soil, and would limit citizenship to those (1) with a parent who is a U.S. citizen; (2) with a parent who is a lawful permanent resident residing in the U.S. or serving on active-duty in the U.S. Armed Forces; or (3) naturalized under immigration law.
ACTION ALERT: THE DREAM ACT – CALL KEY SENATORS BEFORE SATURDAY TO HELP PASS THE DREAM ACT
MALDEF, NDLON, JOSÉ JOSÉ, DOLORES HUERTA AND DREAM ACT STUDENTS ORGANIZED PHONE-BANKING OUTREACH EVENT TO URGE PASSAGE OF DREAM ACT IN SENATE
MALDEF SUPPORTS DOLORES HUERTA, ARIZONA STUDENTS ON ELEVENTH DAY OF FAST IN SUPPORT OF DREAM ACT OUTSIDE SENATOR MCCAIN’S OFFICE
MALDEF Responds to Senate DREAM Act Vote
ACTION ALERT: THE DREAM ACT – CALL CONGRESS TO PASS THE DREAM ACT AND TUNE IN FOR THE VOTE
MALDEF Responds to House Passage of DREAM Act
NOW IS THE TIME TO TURN THE DREAM ACT INTO A REALITY!!
MALDEF’S PRESIDENT AND GENERAL COUNSEL RESPONDS TO SENATE VOTE ON DREAM ACT
MALDEF Condemns Intimidation of Latinos in Utah
MALDEF President and General Counsel Responds to President’s Address on Immigration Reform
Election Reform Advocates Call on Texas Legislators to Abandon Controversial, Restrictive Voter Identification Proposals
AUSTIN, TX – The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) and a coalition of voting rights groups including Advocacy Inc, the ACLU of Texas, APIAVote, Asian American Action Fund, Asian American Justice Center, the Coalition of Texans with Disabilities, Common Cause Texas, League of Women Voters of Texas, OCA Greater Houston Chapter, People For the American Way, Southwest Voter Registration Education Project, Texans Together Education Fund, Texas AFL-CIO, Texas LULAC (HOPE), Texas NAACP, and the William C. Velasquez Institute called on the Texas Legislature to abandon the controversial voter identification policy proposal that resulted in a partisan stalemate during the 2009 Texas Legislative session.