Jan 22, 2025 | Public Policy Immigrants' Rights
Dear Representative: On behalf of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF), (we) urge you to vote no on S. 5, the “Laken Riley Act.” This misguided bill seeks to exploit the tragic murder of an innocent woman by scapegoating immigrants in the...
Jan 22, 2025 | News Releases, Public Policy Immigrants' Rights
LOS ANGELES – Please attribute the following statement on the Trump administration’s attempt to dismantle birthright citizenship, guaranteed under the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, to MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) President...
Jan 18, 2025 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, DACA, News Releases
NEW ORLEANS– A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a district judge’s ruling that parts of the Biden Administration’s 2022 DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) rule is unlawful. However, the three-judge panel allowed the DACA rule to go into effect...
Jan 15, 2025 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, DACA, News Releases
LOS ANGELES – A Latino civil rights organization is suing a Florida credit union for unlawfully refusing to consider a DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) recipient for membership and for a loan because of his immigration status, according to papers filed in...
Jan 13, 2025 | Court Cases Freedom from Open and Obvious Bias and Racism, Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases
SAN ANTONIO – A Latino civil rights organization has filed a lawsuit against an El Paso, Texas man who threatened migrants by pointing a gun at them on New Year’s Eve in 2022 and New Year’s Day in 2023, according to papers filed in state court last month. MALDEF...
