Sep 24, 2020 | PP Voting Rights, Public Policy, Public Policy Access to Justice
Good morning. My name is Thomas A. Saenz, and I am president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund), which has, for over 52 years now, worked to promote the civil rights of all Latinos living in the United States. MALDEF is...
Sep 19, 2020 | News Releases
LOS ANGELES – Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) issued the following statement on the death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: “She was a hero. She was a warrior. She...
Sep 12, 2020 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, DACA, News Releases
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Civil rights organizations have filed a motion for summary judgement in a lawsuit that seeks to block the Trump administration from unlawfully implementing new limits on DACA, according to papers filed in federal court today. The motion was filed...
Sep 3, 2020 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, DACA, News Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Chad Wolf is unlawfully serving as Acting Secretary of Homeland Security and therefore his memo placing new restrictions on DACA must be nullified, according to a federal lawsuit filed today. MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational...
Sep 1, 2020 | Census, Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases, Voting Rights
Greenbelt, MD – Civil rights groups asked a federal court on Monday to prevent the Trump administration from ending the 2020 Census count more than a month early. Attorneys with MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund), and Asian Americans...
