Aug 14, 2017 | News Releases
Los Angeles, CA – Please attribute the following statement on a possible presidential pardon of former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio to Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund):...
Aug 12, 2017 | News Releases
Los Angeles, CA – Please attribute the following statement on the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va. and the Trump administration's response to the violence to Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense...
Aug 10, 2017 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases
LOS ANGELES – Please attribute the following statement on a federal court’s dismissal of a Texas lawsuit seeking preemptive approval of the anti-immigrant law Texas SB 4 to Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF: “In a well-reasoned...
Aug 4, 2017 | Court Cases Education, Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases
Santa Fe, NM – Today marks the last day of testimony in a nine-week trial against the state of New Mexico, in a case that alleges the State has violated the constitutional rights of its public school students. The consolidated lawsuit, which was filed by MALDEF...
Aug 4, 2017 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases
San Francisco, CA – An argument by Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. that federal law permits the bank to discriminate against certain immigrants was rejected by a federal judge, ruling in a lawsuit alleging that the financial giant illegally denied qualified applicants,...
