Jul 22, 2020 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, DACA, News Releases
REDWOOD CITY, CA – A national bank unlawfully denied student loans and related services to non-citizens and non-permanent residents based solely on their immigration status, according to a lawsuit filed today. MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational...
Jul 21, 2020 | Census, Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases
LOS ANGELES, CA – Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) issued the following statement in response to Donald Trump’s memorandum to the Secretary of Commerce that seeks to alter the required count...
Jul 19, 2020 | News Releases
LOS ANGELES – Please attribute the following statement on the passing of Rep. John Lewis to Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund): “The remarkable life of John Lewis will resound forever across...
Jul 13, 2020 | 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 on the call for a national boycott of Goya Foods, Inc.: “Calls for a boycott of Goya Foods are not an unlawful...
Jun 30, 2020 | Court Cases Education, News Releases
LOS ANGELES – A New Mexico state court today rejected an argument by state officials that they had complied with a historic 2018 education ruling and should be released from a court’s order. Earlier this year, New Mexico officials asked the court to dismiss the case,...
