• MALDEF opposes immigration reform.
• MALDEF opposes securing the Mexican border even to stop the flow of illegal drugs into the U.S. When the Federal government launched ''Joint Task Force Six'' to combat drug smuggling along the border, MALDEF filed suit to halt the project arguing in court that ''it would cause irreparable damage to the human and physical environment in the area.'' What of the irreparable damage being done to the human and environment due to illegal aliens and drug smugglers? On that question, MALDEF is silent.
What is MALDEF's goal? According to Mario Obeldo, former head of MALDEF, ''California is going to be a Hispanic state. Anyone who does not like it should leave.'' In 1998, Obledo was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Clinton.