May 12, 2020 | Court Cases Education, News Releases
LOS ANGELES – A split panel of a federal court of appeals erred when it upheld a ruling dismissing a lawsuit filed against a principal who threatened to call immigration officials on a parent, according to civil rights attorneys. Attorneys with MALDEF (Mexican...
Apr 30, 2020 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases
SAN ANTONIO, TX – Civil rights attorneys are suing the federal government seeking the release of a medically vulnerable immigrant who was temporarily hospitalized and then returned to a Texas detention center where there are five confirmed cases of COVID-19 among...
Apr 28, 2020 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases
GREENBELT, Md. – The federal government’s denial of COVID-19 relief payments to U.S. citizens married to immigrants who do not have a social security number is unconstitutional, according to a class-action lawsuit filed Tuesday in a Maryland federal court. MALDEF...
Apr 27, 2020 | Court Cases Education, News Releases
SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO – Civil rights attorneys are asking a judge to strike a request by New Mexico officials to end a landmark education case that requires the state to address longstanding deficiencies in the K-12 public education system. MALDEF (Mexican American...
Apr 23, 2020 | News Releases, Public Policy, Public Policy Immigrants' Rights
(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 Donald J. Trump’s order today imposing severe limits on immigration to the United States, with...
