May 31, 2022 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases
CHICAGO – A Latino civil rights organization is suing a Chicago couple who threatened to report tenants to immigration officials after a rent dispute in violation of state law, according to a lawsuit filed in state court today. MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense...
May 25, 2022 | News Releases
LOS ANGELES – Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) issued the following statement in response to yesterday’s horrific mass shooting that claimed the lives of 19 children and two teachers in...
May 25, 2022 | News Releases, Public Policy, Public Policy Access to Justice
LOS ANGELES – Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) issued the following statement in response to the Biden Administration’s latest slate of judicial nominees to the federal bench that once again...
May 16, 2022 | News Releases, Public Policy, Public Policy Freedom from Open and Obvious Bias and Racism
LOS ANGELES – Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund), issued the following statement in the aftermath of Saturday’s mass shooting in Buffalo, New York that left 10 people dead: “MALDEF joins...
May 5, 2022 | Court Cases Education, News Releases, Plyler v. Doe
LOS ANGELES – Yesterday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott offhandedly threatened to challenge Plyler v. Doe, a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling, secured by MALDEF attorneys, that ensures all children, including undocumented students, have access to a free public K-12...
