May 21, 2013 | Court Cases Access to Justice, Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases
Federal judge declares City’s efforts targeting day laborers and Texas anti-solicitation law are unconstitutional under the First Amendment HOUSTON, TX – MALDEF has secured victory in a lawsuit filed in federal district court, challenging League City’s local...
May 16, 2013 | News Releases, Public Policy, Public Policy Immigrants' Rights
MALDEF President and General Counsel, Thomas A. Saenz, joined representatives from other immigrant rights groups in a telebriefing for the press earlier this week to urge President Obama to immediately suspend deportations of those potentially eligible for...
May 16, 2013 | News Releases, Public Policy, Public Policy Access to Justice, Public Policy Immigrants' Rights
In Response to Recent Survey of Latinos on Police Enforcement of Immigration Laws on the Occasion of National Police Week and Peace Officer Memorial Day, May 15, 2013 NEW YORK, NY – MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund , the nation’s...
May 8, 2013 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, DACA, News Releases
Files for Intervention to Offer Statutory Defense to Court SAN ANTONIO, TX – MALDEF filed for intervention yesterday in Crane v. Napolitano, a federal lawsuit in which ten Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents are seeking to block the implementation...
Apr 11, 2013 | News Releases, Voting Rights
School district accused of violating 2001 California Voting Rights Act LOS ANGELES, CA – MALDEF today joined forces with Goldstein, Borgen, Dardarian & Ho to file suit against ABC Unified School District (ABC USD) for violating the California Voting Rights Act...
