Jun 16, 2012 | DACA, News Releases, Public Policy, Public Policy Immigrants' Rights
LOS ANGELES, CA – Today, MALDEF President and General Counsel, Thomas A. Saenz, released the following statement in response to President Obama’s decision to provide relief to undocumented youth who have lived in the United States for most of their lives....
Jun 15, 2012 | Court Cases Education, News Releases
Court Preserves Possible Use of Ethnic Studies as a Means to Remedy Ongoing Discrimination in 38-Year Old Case Tucson, AZ – Today, a Tucson federal court barred the State of Arizona from intervening in an ongoing school desegregation case involving discrimination...
May 22, 2012 | Court Cases Employment, News Releases
Seeks Unpaid Wages and Restitution for “Carwasheros” Forced to Work without Breaks and “Off the Clock” Los Angeles, CA – Today, on behalf of Latino car wash workers, MALDEF filed suit against the owners of three Santa Monica area car wash facilities—Santa Monica Car...
May 11, 2012 | News Releases
Statement by Thomas A. Saenz, MALDEF President and General Counsel Los Angeles, CA – Thomas A. Saenz, President and General Counsel of MALDEF, issued the following statement in response to yesterday’s announcement by President Barack Obama of his personal support for...
May 10, 2012 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases
SAN ANTONIO, TX – Today, MALDEF lauded a decision by Senior U.S District Judge, Frank Zapata, denying Arizona vigilante Roger Barnett’s latest attempt to avoid paying punitive damages to a group of immigrants he attacked in 2004. The group included an unarmed Latina...
