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...
Jul 26, 2019 | Census, News Releases, Voting Rights
LOS ANGELES – A federal court in Maryland should vacate its ruling that found the Trump administration’s addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 Census was not intentionally discriminatory, according to recently filed court documents. Attorneys with MALDEF...
Jul 24, 2019 | News Releases, Voting Rights
LOS ANGELES – The Placentia City Council on Tuesday approved a map that redraws the City Council voting districts as part of a settlement with MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund). The new map ends nearly four years of legal wrangling to...
Jul 17, 2019 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases
PHOENIX – Attorneys for MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) will be in federal court on Friday, July 19, 2019, in support of a joint motion for preliminary approval of a settlement in a class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of guests who stayed...
