Aug 22, 2017 | News Releases, Public Policy, Public Policy Immigrants' Rights
Los Angeles, CA – Please attribute the following statement on Donald J. Trump's visit to Arizona, and reports that he is considering a presidential pardon of disgraced former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio to Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of...
Aug 22, 2017 | Court Cases Education, Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases
Los Angeles, CA – The Pasadena Unified School District failed to carry out its obligation under state law to investigate a complaint that an elementary school principal threatened to report an individual to immigration authorities, according to a lawsuit filed...
Aug 17, 2017 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases
LOS ANGELES – California officials late last week acted to transfer to federal court a lawsuit challenging the state's failure to ensure adequate access to care under Medi-Cal, which has affected all Medi-Cal participants, a majority of whom are Latino. MALDEF...
Aug 16, 2017 | News Releases
Los Angeles, CA – Please attribute the following statement on Donald J. Trump’s assertions Tuesday that “both sides” are to blame for the violence that erupted over the weekend at a white supremacists' rally in Charlottesville, VA to Thomas A. Saenz,...
Aug 15, 2017 | News Releases, Redistricting, Voting Rights
San Antonio, TX – A federal court today struck down portions of the current Texas congressional redistricting plan. A three-judge panel unanimously ruled that certain boundaries in the current congressional redistricting plan, which were carried forward from the...
