Public Policy
MALDEF STATEMENT ON TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S EFFORTS TO INCREASE DETENTION OF MIGRANT FAMILIES
MALDEF DECRIES ‘ZERO TOLERANCE’ TRAVESTY AND SEPARATION OF FAMILIES, CALLS FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF SESSIONS TO RESIGN
LOS ANGELES – Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund), released the following statement today on the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” immigration stance that has led to forced separation of families and horrific accounts of children being taken from their parents:
Everyone Counts – And Everyone Must Be Counted
Through our work on the U.S. Census Bureau’s National Advisory Committee on Racial, Ethnic and Other Populations, the California Complete Count Committee, the Illinois Complete Count Committee, and other entities, we’re pushing back on the Trump administration’s efforts to thwart a full and accurate 2020 Census count.
MALDEF STATEMENT ON EDUCATION SECRETARY’S ATTEMPT TO ROLL BACK REMARKS ON REPORTING STUDENTS TO ICE
MALDEF STATEMENT ON EDUCATION SECRETARY’S CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY ON ICE ENFORCEMENT AT SCHOOLS
MALDEF STATEMENT ON PASSING OF FEDERAL CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE STEPHEN REINHARDT
MALDEF STATEMENT ON TRUMP ADMINISTRATION LAWSUIT CHALLENGING CALIFORNIA STATE LAWS
MALDEF STATEMENT ON THE URGENT NEED TO FIND A LEGISLATIVE SOLUTION TO PROTECT DREAMERS
MALDEF URGES CONGRESSIONAL ACTION ON WORKFORCE PRESERVATION BY PROTECTING IMMIGRANT YOUTH AND TPS HOLDERS
MALDEF STATEMENT ON ARIZONA CONGRESSMAN’S CALL FOR IMMIGRATION RAID AT STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS
LOS ANGELES – 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 call by Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) for U.S. Capitol Police to carry out immigration enforcement actions at tonight’s State of the Union address:
MALDEF STATEMENT ON WHITE HOUSE IMMIGRATION PROPOSAL
MALDEF STATEMENT ON ENDING GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN WITHOUT PROTECTIONS FOR IMMIGRANT YOUTH
Los Angeles, CA – Please attribute the following statement on the Senate vote ending the federal government shutdown without an agreement on the future of immigrant youth previously protected by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) initiative to Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund):
MALDEF DENOUNCES TRUMP ADMINISTRATION DECISION TO END TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS FOR SALVADORAN IMMIGRANTS
Los 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 the Trump Administration’s announcement that it will end temporary protected status (TPS) for more than a quarter of a million immigrants from El Salvador: