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Displaying results 1 - 25 of 88 for mexican-american legal defense fund. Subscribe to this search

  1. article Hispanics/Latinos in legal careers

    Sunday, October 28, 2007 8:34 am

    Not every lawyer’s career is the same. Many freshly minted attorneys use their degrees as a gateway to different kinds of legal careers.

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  • article New immigration law triggers legal challenges

    Tuesday, April 27, 2010 4:30 pm

    The state’s sweeping new immigration law hasn’t even taken effect yet, but it’s triggered a flurry of international reaction that’s just starting to play out in Arizona.

  • article Goddard won't defend immigration-law legality for state

    Friday, June 18, 2010 5:10 pm

    Saying he's saving taxpayer funds, Attorney General Terry Goddard on Friday bowed out of defending the legality of the state's new immigration law.

  • Federal judge blocks Proposition 200

    Hector Villagra of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund talks Tuesday outside the DeConcini Federal Courthouse in Tucson. CHRIS RICHARDS, ARIZONA DAILY STAR

  • Latino activist wants raids halted for census

    John Trasviña wants the next president to appoint a Homeland Security chief who will halt immigration raids during the 2010 Census. Trasviña, president of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund, told an audience in Phoenix on Friday that an accurate count of Hispanics will result in a lot more Latino elected officials.

  • article Groups plan own suit against immigration law

    Thursday, April 29, 2010 12:59 pm

    At least two lawsuits have already been filed in federal courts in Arizona to challenge the state's new law cracking down on illegal immigration, but three national organizations say they plan one of their own.

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  • article Immigrant backers sue over Cave Creek law targeting day laborers

    Tuesday, March 25, 2008 1:42 pm

    PHOENIX - Immigrant rights groups filed a lawsuit in federal court in Phoenix Tuesday challenging the town of Cave Creek's new day labor law.

  • article Groups sue state over immigration law

    Wednesday, September 5, 2007 1:07 am

    Civil rights advocates sued Arizona in federal court Tuesday, claiming the state’s Legal Arizona Worker Act violates the U.S. Constitution and threatens the success of Arizona businesses.

  • article U.S. judge upholds citizenship proof to vote law

    Wednesday, August 20, 2008 8:37 pm

    A federal judge late Wednesday upheld a 4-year-old state law which requires people to provide proof of citizenship to register to vote and produce certain types of identification before they can cast a ballot.

  • article Prop. 200 gets OK from U.S. court

    Wednesday, August 10, 2005 11:18 am

    A federal appeals court won’t block Arizona from enforcing provisions of Proposition 200.

  • article Letter: McCain, Flake immigration reform is 100 percent amnesty

    Tuesday, January 29, 2013 5:35 pm

    Immigration reform, what’s being “reformed”? All I see coming from President Obama, Hispanic activists and sadly our Arizona “Republican In Name Only” (R.I.N.O.) Senators John “Keating Five” McCain and Jeff “S.T.R.I.V.E. Act” Flake is 100 percent Amnesty.

  • article Activists sue over Proposition 200

    Wednesday, May 10, 2006 11:13 am

    A group of Hispanic activists filed a lawsuit in federal court Tuesday seeking to abolish specific identification requirements needed to vote in Arizona, saying the measures are unfair and discriminatory.

  • article Prop. 200 foes file appeal, seeking to block initiative

    Wednesday, January 5, 2005 9:42 am

    January 5, 2005

  • article Judge rejects suit seeking to void voter ID law

    Wednesday, August 29, 2007 11:52 pm

    Arizona laws that require would-be voters to produce documents proving they are U.S. citizens don’t amount to an unconstitutional poll tax, a federal judge has ruled.

  • article State will appeal U.S. judges’ decision banning voter ID

    Thursday, October 12, 2006 11:10 am

    Arizona will ask the nation’s highest court to require voters to produce identification for next month’s general election.

  • article Arizona AG to pitch Supreme Court on voter proof of citizenship

    Tuesday, January 8, 2013 5:32 pm

    Attorney General Tom Horne will argue to the nation's high court on March 18 that Arizona should be allowed to enforce a 2004 voter-approved law requiring people to provide proof of citizenship to register to vote.

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  • article SB 1070: Who won? Both sides claim victory in ruling

    Tuesday, June 26, 2012 10:25 am

    WASHINGTON – Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund are on opposite sides of the state’s SB 1070 immigration law, but both claimed victory in Monday’s Supreme Court decision on the law.

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  • article Federal judge to hear arguments July 22 on whether to stop SB 1070

    Wednesday, June 30, 2010 5:29 pm

    A federal judge will hear arguments July 22 on whether to allow Arizona's tough new law aimed at illegal immigrants take effect.

  • article Arizona officials keep close eye as voting rights case goes to Supreme Court

    Monday, March 4, 2013 8:16 am

    WASHINGTON – When the U.S. Supreme Court hears an Alabama challenge to a federal voting-rights law Wednesday, Arizona officials and civil rights activists will be keeping a close eye on the case.

  • article Prop. 200 supporter files suit

    Friday, November 19, 2004 9:55 am

    November 19, 2004

  • article Latino group appeals voter ID ruling

    Tuesday, September 16, 2008 5:16 pm

    A Latino civil rights group is asking federal appellate judges to overturn a lower court ruling upholding Arizona's voter ID requirements.

  • article Brewer doesn't want Goddard to defend immigration law

    Monday, June 14, 2010 8:13 pm

    Gov. Jan Brewer is threatening to have Attorney General Terry Goddard blocked from interfering in what could be the most broad-based challenge to the state's new immigration law.

  • article New immigration law challenged in federal court

    Tuesday, September 4, 2007 6:08 pm

    Civil rights advocates sued the state of Arizona in federal court Tuesday, claiming the state's Legal Arizona Worker Act violates the U.S. Constitution and threatens the success of Arizona businesses.

  • article Rights groups file new appeal against 'papers, please' portion of SB 1070

    Saturday, September 15, 2012 4:02 pm

    Civil rights groups are making a last-ditch effort to keep a key provision of the state’s 2010 immigration law from being enforced as early as this coming week.

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  • article Group challenges law denying illegals bail

    Tuesday, April 8, 2008 11:41 am

    The American Civil Liberties Union and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund are challenging the Arizona law that denies bail to illegal immigrants accused of serious crimes.

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