Aug 11, 2022 | News Releases, Public Policy, Public Policy Access to Justice
LOS ANGELES – California Gov. Gavin Newsom today announced the elevation of Justice Patricia Guerrero to Chief Justice of the state’s highest court. Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) issued...
Aug 4, 2022 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases, Voting Rights
AUSTIN, TEXAS – According to court documents, a federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Texas Secretary of State to release records about a state program that claims to identify non-U.S. citizens on the voter rolls. In February, MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and...
Jul 13, 2022 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases
LOS ANGELES – A Latino civil rights organization and co-counsel recently reached a settlement in two lawsuits filed against the U.S. government on behalf of transgender clients held in solitary confinement at a Georgia immigrant detention center. MALDEF (Mexican...
Jul 12, 2022 | Court Cases Employment, Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, DACA, News Releases
LOS ANGELES – On August 19, 2021, Maria Jerez, represented by MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) filed an employment discrimination lawsuit against Revature LLC. Jerez is a recipient of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). The suit...
Jul 7, 2022 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, DACA, News Releases
LOS ANGELES – Attorneys with MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) on Wednesday presented oral argument in Texas v. United States before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans. In 2018, a coalition...
