Actualidad

LOS ANGELES – MALDEF expressed its sadness  at the passing of pioneering Mexican American actress, Lupe Ontiveros. Originally fromEl Paso,Texas, Ontiveros starred in several iconic Latino roles throughout her decades-long career. MALDEF Vice President of Strategic Development and Communications David Damian Figueroa stated, "I'm heartbroken by the passing of my dear…

Challenging his support for Romney when he visits Las Vegas Senator Rubio: As we welcome you back toLas Vegas, we’d like to remind you of the city you left behind – a city of hardworking Americans and of workers and students like us, who are Americans in every way except…

The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), AFL-CIO and Economic Policy Institute (EPI) denounced efforts by some federal lawmakers to gut new Department of Labor regulations that will protectU.S.workers and foreign guestworkers. Several members of Congress are attempting to stop the rules from being implemented. Their actions will eviscerate important protections…

Though long a country of immigrants, theUnited Stateshas seen its demographic and immigration policy landscape altered in new and important ways as a result of the changing nature of immigration flows. In Contested Ground: Immigration in the United States, author Michael Jones-Correa assesses the effects of changing immigration flows in…

One month ago, the Supreme Court issued its landmark decision in Arizona v. United States, which invalidated three provisions of the immigration law known as “SB1070”and left a fourth open to future challenges. More than any matter in recent history, the case settled a range of important questions regarding the…

When the notorious anti-Latino and anti-immigrant Sheriff Joe Arpaio took the witness stand at this week’s civil rights trial in Phoenix, he chose to play a game of duck and doge, pinning responsibility for his offensive remarks and actions on his deputies and even the ghostwriter of his autobiography. Unfortunately…

At the second annual Global Diaspora Forum inWashington,DC, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced the opening of the Latin-America IdEA Partnership (La Idea) business competition, which will strengthen engagement with U.S.-based diaspora groups investing in programs in their communities of heritage in the Latin American region. “I’m pleased to…

Poll results released about Latino/a and African-American attitudes on abortion and reproductive health echo similar results of a joint poll by the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health (NLIRH) and the Reproductive Health Technologies Project (RHTP) announced in January. The new poll, conducted by the Public Religion Research Institute, found…