SAN ANTONIO, TX – A church group that sued the City of San Antonio after it was denied a permit that would have allowed it to lease some of its land to a controversial for-profit detention company abruptly ended the lawsuit....
Read MoreIn 2019, VisionQuest, a for-profit private company that operates child detention facilities in several states, applies to open and operate immigrant detention centers for migrant children in Universal City, San Antonio and Waco,...
Read More(INDIANAPOLIS) – Indiana Legal Services, Inc (ILSI), MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund), the Law Office of Barbara J. Baird, and the Transgender Law Center (TLC) won an important victory on behalf of...
Read MoreSAN ANTONIO, TX – Civil rights attorneys are suing the federal government seeking the release of a medically vulnerable immigrant who was temporarily hospitalized and then returned to a Texas detention center where there are...
Read MoreGREENBELT, Md. – The federal government’s denial of COVID-19 relief payments to U.S. citizens married to immigrants who do not have a social security number is unconstitutional, according to a class-action lawsuit filed Tuesday...
Read More(LOS ANGELES) – Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) issued the following statement in response to Donald J. Trump’s order today imposing severe limits on...
Read MoreSAN ANTONIO, TX– A federal court on Friday allowed two San Antonio residents, who are seeking to block a for-profit company from opening a controversial detention center for migrant children, to intervene in a lawsuit. In...
Read MoreSAN ANTONIO, TX – Civil rights groups are suing the federal government seeking the release of medically vulnerable immigrants held at three Texas detention centers, according to a lawsuit filed today. MALDEF (Mexican American...
Read MoreSan Antonio, TX – Two San Antonio residents are seeking to block a for-profit company from opening a controversial detention center for migrant children on a church’s property, according to court documents filed Tuesday in...
Read MorePHOENIX, AZ – A federal judge in Arizona has granted final approval of the settlement in national class-action litigation against Motel 6 related to the provision of guest information to federal immigration officials. MALDEF...
Read MoreLAS VEGAS – Las Vegas city authorities’ policy of holding immigrants in jail after they have completed their sentences is unconstitutional, a lawsuit filed today charged. MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational...
Read MoreSAN ANTONIO, TX — MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) moved to amend its lawsuit challenging Texas Senate Bill 4 (SB4) to expand the legal claims and add new parties, according to papers filed...
Read MoreSan Antonio, TX – A federal judge in Texas today halted a lawsuit challenging the legality of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) until after the Supreme Court rules on the other DACA cases currently before it. U.S....
Read MoreLOS ANGELES – Yesterday, 680 immigrant workers were arrested in raids that encompassed several different workplaces in Mississippi and 600 agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The coordinated sting was...
Read MoreLOS ANGELES – A federal judge in Arizona has granted preliminary approval of a settlement in a class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of guests who stayed at Motel 6 nationwide and whose privacy was violated when personal...
Read MorePHOENIX – Attorneys for MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) will be in federal court on Friday, July 19, 2019, in support of a joint motion for preliminary approval of a settlement in a class-action...
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