Aug 13, 2019 | News Releases, Public Policy, Public Policy Immigrants' Rights
LOS ANGELES –The Trump administration on Monday introduced a new rule that will make it harder for some legal immigrants who use public benefits, including food assistance programs, to apply for an extension of stay and obtain permanent residency once inside the...
Aug 8, 2019 | News Releases, Public Policy, Public Policy Immigrants' Rights
LOS ANGELES – Yesterday, 680 immigrant workers were arrested in raids that encompassed several different workplaces in Mississippi and 600 agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The coordinated sting was conducted shortly before Donald J. Trump was...
Aug 6, 2019 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases
LOS ANGELES – A federal judge in Arizona has granted preliminary approval of a settlement in a class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of guests who stayed at Motel 6 nationwide and whose privacy was violated when personal information was provided to federal...
Aug 4, 2019 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases, Public Policy, Public Policy Freedom from Open and Obvious Bias and Racism
LOS ANGELES – Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) released the following statement on the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and in Dayton, Ohio: “MALDEF mourns the loss of so many innocent lives...
Jul 31, 2019 | Court Cases Education, News Releases
TUCSON, AZ – A federal court of appeals Monday dismissed a request by Tucson education officials to end a decades-long desegregation case because the district failed to make that request in a lower court. The order from the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit...
