Oct 31, 2017 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases
Texas Senate Bill 4, the so-called “sanctuary cities” bill signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott and scheduled to take effect on Sept. 1, 2017, was blocked, in large part, by a federal court order in late August. The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit...
Oct 31, 2017 | News Releases, Public Policy, Public Policy Immigrants' Rights
(San Antonio, TX) Please attribute the following statement on Monday’s decision by a federal court judge blocking the Trump administration’s ban on transgender people serving in the military to Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American...
Oct 30, 2017 | News Releases, Public Policy, Public Policy Immigrants' Rights
(Los Angeles, CA) Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund), released the following statement today in response to the detention of Rosa Maria Hernandez, a 10-year-old girl with cerebral palsy who...
Oct 20, 2017 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases
LOS ANGELES – A U.S. District Court judge this week granted a motion to remand a lawsuit challenging California’s failure to ensure adequate access to care under Medi-Cal back to state court. The ruling, handed down on Wednesday, comes two months after...
Oct 16, 2017 | News Releases, Voting Rights
(Los Angeles, CA) MALDEF sent a letter to the City of Lodi today warning that its at-large system of electing council members violates the California Voting Rights Act of 2001 (CVRA). In the letter, sent to Lodi Mayor Doug Kuehne, MALDEF (Mexican American Legal...
