Court Cases Immigrants’ Rights

Ruling caps five-year legal battle over latest unlawful ordinance enacted by the City of Farmer’s Branch, costing taxpayers millions

Judge finds equal protection rights of foreign nationals likely violated

Program is an End-Run around State Legislators and Violates New Mexico Constitution

BIRMINGHAM, AL – The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) today filed a federal challenge to Alabama’s draconian anti-immigrant law. Modeled on Arizona’s infamous SB 1070 but taking it to even greater extremes, the Alabama law is considered the most pernicious anti-immigrant state law to date.

Plaintiffs in Teuber v. Texas sought to exclude Latinos from 2010 Census figures

Plaintiff also challenges constitutionality of Texas anti-solicitation law

Hard-Working Immigrant Students Retain Path to Achieving the “Texas Dream”

MALDEF Welcomes Warning to Anti-Immigrant Proposals in Other States

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – MALDEF and a coalition of civil rights groups today filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, urging the court to keep in place an injunction blocking the core provisions of SB 1070, Arizona’s racial profiling law.

Federal judge blocks most egregious provisions of law in ruling in DOJ case that parallels MALDEF and civil rights coalition suit

MALDEF filed amicus brief to address concern that state circuit court judge improperly considered the immigration status of the child’s mother with adoption petition

U.S. Department of Justice Argument to Follow on the Same Day

Thomas A. Saenz, MALDEF President and General Counsel, vows to continue to defend the civil rights of all Arizona residents and commends the Obama Administration and Department of Justice for joining the fight