Birmingham, AL — MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) will present oral argument on Friday in favor of dismissing a federal lawsuit filed by the State of Alabama. The suit seeks to require the...
Read MoreLos Angeles – Please attribute the following statement marking the passing of Nativo Lopez, an outspoken activist who established the Santa Ana chapter of Hermandad Mexicana National and spoke out on behalf of immigrants’...
Read MoreSan Antonio, TX – The Texas Secretary of State will reform the way it identifies voters for investigation of U.S. citizenship and withdraw the election advisory sent to all counties earlier this year, according to a settlement...
Read MoreLos Angeles, CA – A multi-national tech company based in Northern California illegally discriminated in employment against Dreamers and other immigrants who are authorized to work in the U.S., according to a lawsuit filed...
Read MoreSAN FRANCISCO, CA – A panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit today upheld the entirety of California Senate Bill 54 (SB 54), which enacted important limits on cooperation by state and local officials with...
Read MoreLos Angeles, CA – Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) issued the statement below in response to a bipartisan Senate vote today rejecting Donald J....
Read MoreWashington, D.C. – Lawmakers have introduced HR 6 – the Dream and Promise Act of 2019 – a bill that would provide a humane and sensible path to legalization for immigrants who came to the U.S. as children and currently...
Read MoreLos Angeles, CA – Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) issued the following statement in response to today’s ruling by a federal court in California...
Read More(Los Angeles, CA) – Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) issued the following statement in response to today’s declaration of a state of emergency by...
Read MoreLos Angeles, CA – Please attribute the following statement on Donald Trump’s fear-mongering speech in response to an imaginary “crisis” at the southern border to Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican...
Read MoreLos Angeles, CA – Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund), issued the following statement today in response to a lawsuit filed by the Texas Attorney...
Read MoreLos Angeles, CA – The Trump administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday to bypass the federal appeals process and rule on its efforts to the end the DACA initiative. Please attribute the following statement on...
Read MoreRuling in Texas v. United States, a federal judge denied a request by Texas and other states for an injunction to block renewals of DACA grants. MALDEF represents 22 defendant-intervenors in the case.
Read MoreLos Angeles, CA – Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund), issued the followed statement today on Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton repeated...
Read MoreAtlanta, GA — MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) will present oral argument before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit today on behalf of students denied admission to flagship schools in...
Read MoreHouston, TX – MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) held a telephone briefing for reporters Wednesday to discuss a federal court hearing on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) initiative....
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