Oct 27, 2021 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, DACA
On June 15, 2012, the Obama administration announces the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) initiative, which allows undocumented young immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children to temporarily remain in the U.S. and obtain work visas for two years...
Oct 19, 2021 | News Releases, Redistricting, Voting Rights
CHICAGO – A federal court ruled today that state legislative redistricting plans adopted by the Illinois General Assembly and signed on June 4 by Gov. J.B. Pritzker are malapportioned and unconstitutional. The decision will lead to the federal court reviewing and...
Oct 18, 2021 | Census, News Releases, Redistricting, Voting Rights
EL PASO, TEXAS – A Latino legal rights organization is suing Texas state officials over newly adopted redistricting maps that violate the federal Voting Rights Act and dilute the voting strength of Latino voters, according to a lawsuit filed today. MALDEF (Mexican...
Oct 5, 2021 | Census, News Releases, Redistricting, Voting Rights
CHICAGO – An Illinois redistricting plan approved by Gov. J.B. Pritzker is unconstitutional and violates the federal Voting Rights Act (VRA) of 1965, according to an updated lawsuit filed last week by a Latino civil rights group. The amended suit, filed by MALDEF...
Sep 10, 2021 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, DACA, News Releases
HOUSTON, TEXAS – A Latino civil rights organization and other attorneys representing DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) recipients are appealing the decision of a federal court in Texas ruling that the initiative is unlawful, according to papers filed in...
