May 31, 2019 | Court Cases Employment, DACA, Media, News Releases
On April 5, 2018, MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) filed a lawsuit, on behalf of an individual job applicant work-authorized through DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals), which alleged that the plaintiff was denied the opportunity...
May 30, 2019 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases
LOS ANGELES – Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) issued the statement below in response to a brief filed by Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich asking that a federal court deny approval of...
May 28, 2019 | News Releases, Redistricting, Voting Rights
SAN ANTONIO – A three-judge federal court today approved a new redistricting map that remedies the racial gerrymandering violation affirmed last June by the U.S. Supreme Court in the Texas redistricting case. The court’s action, which redraws boundaries of State House...
May 21, 2019 | Census, News Releases, Voting Rights
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) will present oral argument on Friday in favor of dismissing a federal lawsuit filed by the State of Alabama. The suit seeks to require the Census Bureau to exclude undocumented...
May 20, 2019 | News Releases, Public Policy, Public Policy Immigrants' Rights
LOS ANGELES – Please attribute the following statement marking the passing of Nativo Lopez, an outspoken activist who established the Santa Ana chapter of Hermandad Mexicana National and spoke out on behalf of immigrants’ rights, to Thomas A. Saenz, president and...
