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Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund

Nov 29, 2012

Dreamers sue Brewer over denial of driver licenses

A coalition of civil rights groups today sued Gov. Jan Brewer over her decision to preclude young illegal immigrants who have been granted relief from deportation from getting an Arizona driver license.

Lorenzo Lopez, a history teacher at Cholla High School in Tucson and a former Mexican American Studies teacher, said the new desegregation plan in Tucson Unified School District has the potential to restore the Mexican American Studies program. (Cronkite News Service Photo by Natasha Khan)
Nov 27, 2012

Supporters see possibility of reviving Tucson district’s ethnic studies program

Supporters of the Tucson Unified School District’s Mexican American Studies curriculum banned by a 2010 state law see potential for reviving the program or something similar in an update to a desegregation plan set for review by a federal court.

Nov 1, 2011

Groups seek to block Arizona’s day labor rules

Groups opposing Arizona's immigration enforcement law have asked a federal judge to put a stop to a section of the statute that bans the blocking of traffic when people seek or offer day-labor services on streets.

Jan 5, 2011

State lawmakers target automatic birthright citizenship

A group of state lawmakers unveiled model legislation today that aims to deny citizenship to children born to non-citizens. Ultimately, they want to get the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on whether the 14th Amendment guarantees citizenship to such children.

Nov 12, 2010

Court rejects request on Arizona ballot issue

A federal appeals court is refusing to order Arizona to count provisional ballots cast by voters whose citizenship wasn't confirmed when they applied to register to vote.

Nov 8, 2010

Group seeks ballot processing after court ruling

A civil rights group asked an appeals court to require Arizona counties to process provisional ballots from voters with unconfirmed citizenship status.

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