May 26, 2011 | News Releases, Public Policy, Public Policy Employment, Public Policy Immigrants' Rights
Decision Holds Little Predictive Value on SB 1070 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, in Chamber of Commerce v. Whiting, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld an Arizona law that penalizes employers who fail to follow state law on the hiring of undocumented immigrants. Thomas A. Saenz,...
May 17, 2010 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases
PHOENIX, AZ – MALDEF and a coalition of civil rights groups filed a class action lawsuit today in a federal court in Phoenix challenging Arizona’s new law requiring police to demand “papers” from people they stop who they suspect are not authorized to be...
May 4, 2010 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases
SB 1070 remains unconstitutional despite recent amendments LOS ANGELES, CA – MALDEF President and General Counsel Thomas A. Saenz today released his reaction to and interpretation of the amendments of Arizona SB 1070 signed by Governor Jan Brewer on April 30, as...
