Immigrants’ Rights

MALDEF touts legal victory for all Americans

Provisions targeting undocumented immigrants would lead to local immigration enforcement

Preliminary injunction blocks ordinance from going into effect until a decision is reached in lawsuit

TRO blocks ordinance from going into effect May 22, 2007

Legal Challenge Renewed as Ordinance Goes into Effect

Federal Court case against City of Los Angeles seeks damages for injuries suffered by peaceful participants and prevention of future civil rights violations

ST. LOUIS, MO – The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) strongly supports a state judge’s decision to permanently block two anti-immigration ordinances in Valley Park, Missouri. Last year, a coalition of private lawyers, law schools and civil rights organizations, including MALDEF, filed suit against the City on behalf of a group of residents, business owners, and a fair housing agency claiming that the ordinances violated federal law and fair housing protections.

Local government already rebuffed by state court

ACLU and MALDEF pleased that unconstitutional ordinance will not go into effect on January 12, 2007

Ordinance will go into effect January 12, 2007

Ordinance will go into effect January 12, 2007

Warns against premature implementation of the new ordinance or increased immigration checks