Enter your email to receive our newsletter × close Research and Links How to be prepared for an immigration raid ......................... Latinos ask judge for restraining order against ICE ........................... PRLDEF will withhold legal action against Osceola .......................... Informacion importante para inmigrantes .......................... PRLDEF 99 Hudson Street, 14th Floor New York, NY 10013-2815 Phone: 212.219.3360    800.328.2322 Fax number: 212.431.4276 E-Mail: info@prldef.org Civil Rights Since 1972, PRLDEF has been litigating precedent-setting impact cases that have profoundly improved the way Latinos are treated in our society. Our current areas of focus include immigrants’ rights; voting rights; housing, education, and job discrimination; the treatment of day laborers, freedom of movement, and all forms of bias that affect Latinos. Latinos File Suit Against the US Charging Naturalization Delays Hurt Chance to Vote The Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund filed suit on behalf of Latinos today, charging that the United States government has failed to meet one of its core responsibilities - to grant citizenship and the right to vote to those entitled to it. * Cases * Legal Help Latino Plaintiffs Seeking Citizenship Before Election Day Win a Major Court Ruling Thousands of Latinos and other immigrants may be one step closer to becoming United States citizens and voting in the November elections after a federal judge ordered the government defendants to produce key documents in an expedited fashion in a class action challenging unlawful delays in the processing of naturalization applications. Latinos Challenge Constitutionality of Home Raids Conducted By ICE Lawsuit alleges unlawful entry, illegal detainment and abusive treatment of Latinos by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Division's New York Regional Office Delays Prevent Virginia Milanés from the American Dream Viriginia Milanés missed the funerals of her close family members in order to have a better chance of getting her American citizenship. Though she lost two brothers-in-law, a nephew, and one of her ten sisters all in one year, she did not go back home to the Dominican Republic for their funerals. PRLDEF champions an equitable society. Using the power of the law together with advocacy and education, PRLDEF protects opportunities for all Latinos to succeed in school and work, fulfill their dreams, and sustain their families and communities. Copyright © 2008 PRLDEF - All Rights Reserved