A group of Mexican workers, and Mexican and U.S. organizations, have submitted a document to the Mexican government detailing the frequent exploitation of workers brought into the U.S. by their employers on temporary work visas.

A three-judge panel of the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia upheld a key provision of the Voting Rights Act that prevents states and local governments from enacting voting practices that discriminate based on race.

Brennan Center for Justice files a friend of the court brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold the Sixth Amendment's requirement that people are provided with counsel in a very timely manner.

Today, New York City Councilmember Rosie Mendez introduced a new law that will give low-income senior citizens the right to have an attorney represent them in fighting eviction from their apartments or foreclosure of their homes.