CHICAGO, IL – On Tuesday, a coalition of civil rights organizations submitted administrative complaints under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) on behalf of eighteen people who were unlawfully arrested and brutalized by federal agents during a military-style raid on their apartment building last fall during Operation Midway Blitz.
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MALDEF TAKES STEP TOWARD CIVIL RIGHTS LAWSUIT ON BEHALF OF THREE U.S. CITIZEN SIBLINGS DETAINED BY ICE
BROWNSVILLE, TX — A Latino civil rights organization is taking a first step toward a civil lawsuit and asking the federal government to pay damages of $2.5 million each to three United States citizens who were allegedly assaulted, unlawfully arrested, and detained by...
MALDEF TAKES A STEP TOWARD CIVIL RIGHTS LAWSUIT ON BEHALF OF U.S. CITIZEN DETAINED BY ICE
ILLINOIS ENACTS LANGUAGE EQUITY BILL FOR ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS
JUDGE REJECTS TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL’S EFFORT TO SHUT DOWN HOUSTON NON-PROFIT
(HOUSTON) – A Texas state judge denied Attorney General Ken Paxton’s attempt to sue a Houston-based non-profit, according to an order entered on Friday. Today’s ruling prevents Paxton’s proposed lawsuit from moving forward and also denies Paxton’s request for a temporary injunction to shut down the non-profit.
MALDEF MOVES TO BLOCK TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL’S EFFORT TO SHUT DOWN HOUSTON NON-PROFIT
MALDEF SUES MAN WHO LAUNCHED RACIST AND ANTI-IMMIGRANT TIRADE ON SANTA CLARITA STREET VENDOR
COLORADO SCHOOL DISTRICT SUED FOR VIOLATING STUDENT’S RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH
Federal Government Sued Over Intentional Cruelty at Georgia Immigration Center
Trump Administration Sued Over Intentional Cruelty at Georgia Immigration Detention Center
MALDEF STATEMENT ON FEDERAL COURT RULING IN DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT ON CARES ACT
MALDEF Statement on Expedited Appeal in Census Lawsuit
MALDEF ASKS CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL TO INVESTIGATE KERN COUNTY D.A. CHARGES AGAINST LATINA SUPERVISOR
MALDEF AND ADVANCING JUSTICE SUE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, CHALLENGING ADDITION OF CITIZENSHIP QUESTION TO 2020 CENSUS
LOS ANGELES – The Trump administration’s eleventh-hour decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census violates the U.S. Constitution because it is racially discriminatory and could result in a severe undercount of minorities, according to a federal lawsuit filed today by nearly two dozen groups and individuals.
CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS’ STATEMENT ON COURT RULING BLOCKING SOUTH TEXAS COUNTY’S RESTRICTIONS ON POLITICAL SPEECH
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 “electioneering” during voting periods on properties owned or operated by the county.