Apr 19, 2016 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, DACA, News Releases
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, MALDEF President and General Counsel, Thomas A. Saenz, presented oral argument before the U.S. Supreme Court in United States v. Texas, a case challenging the constitutionality of President Obama's executive actions on immigration,...
Apr 15, 2016 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases
SAN ANTONIO, TX – Today, a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction blocking the immigrant harboring provision of HB11, which was enacted in the 2015 Texas Legislative Session. Judge Ezra, of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, ruled...
Apr 14, 2016 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases
LOS ANGELES, CA – Today, MALDEF and the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON) announced a settlement in the first-ever lawsuit alleging violations of California's TRUST Act, which limits the situations in which local law enforcement agencies may detain...
Apr 13, 2016 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases
SANTA FE, NM – Today, MALDEF and its co-counsel announced that three New Mexico state legislators have filed a request to join a lawsuit to block the New Mexico Taxation and Revenue Department and Secretary Demesia Padilla (collectively, “TRD”) from...
Apr 7, 2016 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases
PASADENA, CA – The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday affirmed a lower court's ruling that permanently blocks Arizona from denying driver's licenses to immigrants who have been granted Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). “Arizona continues...
