Mar 22, 2018 | News Releases
Chicago, IL – Griselda Vega Samuel, an attorney whose specialties have included working with low-income clients and advocating on behalf of human trafficking victims, has joined MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) as its new Midwest...
Mar 19, 2018 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, DACA, News Releases
LOS ANGELES – The United States Supreme Court decided today to let stand a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit that barred Arizona from denying driver’s licenses to people protected under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)...
Mar 17, 2018 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases
San Antonio, TX – Federal immigration officials agreed on Friday to release a Salvadoran asylum seeker who was denied adequate medical care while detained at a Texas immigration detention facility, according to her attorneys. The decision by U.S. Immigration and...
Mar 14, 2018 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases
Austin, TX – On Tuesday, MALDEF went before a federal court judge in Austin on behalf of Laura Monterrosa-Flores, a Salvadoran asylum seeker who has been denied adequate medical care for her mental health needs by officials at the T. Don Hutto Residential...
Mar 13, 2018 | News Releases, Presidents Message
LOS ANGELES – Please attribute the following statement on Donald Trump’s trip to Southern California today to Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF: “Donald Trump’s visit to California, the latest ever in a term of office by a president in...
