Jun 4, 2020 | News Releases
LOS ANGELES – This week voters in Iowa’s 4th District chose to oust Steve King as their representative to Congress. King has a long history of embracing racist and nativist views. Please attribute the following statement on Steve King’s failed bid for re-election to...
Jun 3, 2020 | Court Cases Employment, News Releases
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – A federal judge has ruled that a lawsuit filed by two Latino supermarket workers who allege that they were harassed by their supervisors with taunts about then-candidate Donald Trump’s views on immigration can proceed to trial. The court’s...
Jun 3, 2020 | Court Cases Employment, News Releases
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – A federal judge has ruled that a lawsuit filed by two Latino supermarket workers who allege that they were harassed by their supervisors with taunts about then-candidate Donald Trump’s views on immigration can proceed to trial. The court’s...
Jun 2, 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 in response to the current national crisis sparked by the murder of George Floyd, and the need for aggressive...
May 29, 2020 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases
SAN ANTONIO, TX – A church group that sued the City of San Antonio after it was denied a permit that would have allowed it to lease some of its land to a controversial for-profit detention company abruptly ended the lawsuit. Last week, Second Baptist Church dismissed...
