Feb 3, 2017 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases
San Antonio, TX – Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Tuesday during his State of the State address that he will ban so-called “sanctuary cities,” and withhold funding from those jurisdictions that decline to engage in federal immigration enforcement. Additionally, the...
Feb 3, 2017 | News Releases, Public Policy, Public Policy Education
LOS ANGELES, CA – Please attribute the following statement opposing confirmation of Betsy DeVos as U.S. Secretary of Education to MALDEF President and General Counsel Thomas A. Saenz. “Every high schooler knows that you ought not go into any critical exam...
Feb 3, 2017 | News Releases, Voting Rights
Houston, TX – MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) will present oral argument to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017. MALDEF will be arguing in opposition to a request by the City of Pasadena, Texas...
Feb 3, 2017 | DACA, News Releases
San Francisco, CA – Wells Fargo & Co. illegally denied qualified applicants, including a college student, loans because of their immigration status, according to a federal lawsuit filed Monday. The suit, brought by MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and...
Jan 21, 2017 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases
Phoenix, AZ – Civil and immigrants' rights attorneys asked a federal court on Friday to temporarily block Arizona from continuing to deny certain lawfully present immigrants, including survivors of domestic violence, access to driver's licenses. The request for...
