Jul 25, 2013 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, DACA, News Releases
LINCOLN, NE-Today, MALDEF's Midwest Regional Office in Chicago filed a motion for preliminary injunction in a U.S. District Court in Nebraska. MALDEF asked the court to stop the Nebraska Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) from enforcing the policy and practice of...
Jul 24, 2013 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases
NEW ORLEANS, LA -In a 9-5 ruling issued Monday, the full United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit struck down an anti-immigrant, discriminatory ordinance in Farmers Branch, Texas that would have prohibited landlords from renting to immigrants that the city...
Jul 24, 2013 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases
RICHMOND, VA – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed a lower court's decision to block key components of SB 20, South Carolina's Arizona-style anti-immigrant law. As a result, provisions of the law that would have criminalized daily...
Jun 29, 2013 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases
MALDEF Will Seek Rehearing by Full Eighth Circuit CHICAGO, IL – Today, a panel of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals issued its ruling in Keller v. City of Fremont, a case challenging the constitutionality of an ordinance that seeks to prohibit the rental of...
Jun 27, 2013 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases
Decisions a Critical Milestone in Civil Rights LOS ANGELES, CA – Today, MALDEF President and General Counsel, Thomas A. Saenz, released the following statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s rulings striking down DOMA and preventing enforcement of...
