WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Biden administration today sent lawmakers an immigration reform proposal that seeks to address some of the punitive policies put in place by the previous administration and to move forward on long-needed...
Read MoreLOS ANGELES –Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund), issued the following statement calling for the immediate removal of Donald J. Trump from the United...
Read MoreLOS ANGELES – Please attribute the following statement on today’s extraordinary events surrounding the certification of the 2020 presidential election and the subsequent attack on our nation’s Capitol to Thomas A. Saenz,...
Read MoreLOS ANGELES – MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) is proud to announce the recipients of its 2019-2020 Law School Scholarship Program. Since its founding in 1968, MALDEF has awarded scholarships to law...
Read MoreRaleigh, N.C. – ExxonMobil unlawfully denied a DACA recipient a job based on his immigration status, according to a class-action lawsuit filed last Thursday in federal court. MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and...
Read MoreLOS ANGELES – California Gov. Gavin Newsom today named Alex Padilla to fill the U.S. Senate seat to become vacant when Kamala Harris becomes Vice President of the United States. Padilla, who is currently Secretary of State, will...
Read MoreLOS ANGELES – The U.S. Supreme Court today declined to rule on the Trump administration’s impending attempt to exclude undocumented immigrants from the 2020 Census count used to allocate seats in the U.S. House of...
Read MoreLOS ANGELES – MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) held a press briefing Monday to discuss the recent updates to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and an upcoming hearing in Texas in a...
Read MoreATLANTA – A transgender asylum seeker held in solitary confinement for six months solely because of his gender identity is suing the federal government. MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) and the law...
Read MoreSAN FRANCISCO – A Latino civil rights group is expanding a lawsuit filed by DACA recipients challenging a national bank’s lending policies to a federal class action, according to documents filed in federal court today. MALDEF...
Read MoreNEW YORK – On May 12, 2020, MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) filed a lawsuit on behalf of an individual job applicant work-authorized through DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals), which...
Read MoreLOS ANGELES – MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) mourns the loss of former board member, Juan Gómez-Quiñones. A Chicano historian, activist, and author, Gómez-Quiñones, died Thursday morning. He served...
Read MoreMIAMI – A federal judge in Florida has rejected a request by Procter & Gamble to immediately appeal the judge’s earlier denial of summary judgment to the company. The order comes in a discrimination lawsuit filed by David M....
Read MoreLOS ANGELES – Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund), issued the following statement reminding all Americans that Donald J. Trump’s claim of victory is...
Read MoreFAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – A civil rights organization asked a federal district court to block sections of the Arkansas Election Code because it disenfranchises voters who are not proficient in English, according to a new lawsuit...
Read MoreLOS ANGELES – A federal court on Monday issued a stay in a 2018 lawsuit filed by Alabama and Congressman Mo Brooks seeking to exclude undocumented immigrants from the apportionment data used in the 2020 Census. U.S. District...
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