Sep 6, 2017 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases
San Antonio, TX – Please attribute the following statement on Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s request to the United States Court of Appeal for the Fifth Circuit seeking to stay a federal district court’s injunction blocking implementation of Texas Senate Bill 4...
Sep 5, 2017 | Court Cases Education, Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases
Chicago, IL – The Illinois Institute of Technology fired a 63-year-old Latino employee months after he began scheduling regular meetings to discuss maltreatment of Latino faculty and staff, according to a complaint filed today alleging age and race...
Sep 5, 2017 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, DACA, News Releases
LOS ANGELES, CA – The U.S. Department of Justice announced today that the Trump Administration will rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) initiative, caving in to a threat by 10 states, led by Texas, that they would sue the federal government...
Sep 1, 2017 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, DACA, News Releases
Please attribute the following statement on Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery's decision not to pursue a legal challenge of DACA to Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund). “MALDEF...
Aug 31, 2017 | News Releases, Voting Rights
Yesterday, Latino Justice PRLDEF and MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) joined the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) in challenging the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity. The amended complaint adds...
