Nov 20, 2014 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, DACA, News Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Thomas A. Saenz, President and General Counsel, MALDEF, released the following statement today after President Obama announced his plan for executive action on immigration. “MALDEF heartily welcomes the President's announcement of...
Nov 18, 2014 | News Releases, Public Policy, Public Policy Immigrants' Rights
WASHINGTON, D.C. – LGBT and civil rights organizations strongly urge President Obama not to exclude long-resident LGBT individuals from the forthcoming program of administrative relief to protect from deportation some of the nation's population. Last week, media...
Nov 12, 2014 | News Releases, Voting Rights
HOUSTON, TX – Today, MALDEF filed suit against the City of Pasadena, Texas, challenging the city's new voting system, which was adopted last November in a close election. The measure eliminated two of Pasadena’s eight single-member voting districts and replaced...
Nov 10, 2014 | News Releases
AUSTIN, TX – Last week, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas dismissed Evenwel v. Perry, a lawsuit which attempted to force the Texas Legislature to redraw its Senate District boundaries based on the voting electorate rather than total...
Nov 7, 2014 | News Releases, Voting Rights
DENVER, CO – Today, the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit reversed a decision by the federal district court in Kansas, which ordered the federal government to add onerous voter registration requirements to the federal voter registration form....
