Mar 5, 2018 | News Releases, Public Policy, Public Policy Immigrants' Rights
LOS ANGELES – Six months ago, the Trump Administration announced that today would be the end of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) initiative. Court orders have extended the initiative. Please attribute the following statement on the urgent need...
Mar 2, 2018 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases
San Antonio, TX – A civil rights group asked a federal court today to order the immediate release from immigration detention of a Salvadoran asylum seeker who has attempted suicide and has been denied adequate medical care for her mental health needs. MALDEF...
Mar 1, 2018 | News Releases, Voting Rights
Washington, D.C. – A motion filed by a coalition of civil rights groups to voluntarily dismiss their claims against the discredited and now-disbanded “Election Integrity Commission” has been approved by a federal court judge. Last summer, MALDEF (Mexican...
Feb 28, 2018 | Court Cases Access to Justice, News Releases
San Antonio, TX – A federal court has granted a request by MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) and TCRP (Texas Civil Rights Project) to temporarily block a 2018 rule adopted by the Commissioners Court of Starr County that prohibits...
Feb 23, 2018 | News Releases, Redistricting, Voting Rights
LOS ANGELES – A redistricting plan adopted in 2011 by the Kern County, California Board of Supervisors unlawfully denies Latinos the right to elect candidates of their choice, in violation of Section 2 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, a federal judge ruled today...
