San 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 More(LOS ANGELES) – MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) today endorsed Proposition 13, a California measure on the March 3, 2020 ballot that would increase funding for facilities at public schools, state...
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 a news report that Julie Kirchner, a former leader of...
Read More(LOS ANGELES) – The U.S. Supreme Court today voted 5-4 to lift a preliminary injunction that blocked the Trump administration’s punitive “public charge rule” from taking effect. The rule seeks to impose unprecedented and...
Read More(LOS ANGELES) – Former Columbia University President Michael I. Sovern died this week. A legal scholar and civil rights champion, he helped establish the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) and served on...
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 MoreLOS ANGELES – The Washington Post today reported that Trump administration officials threatened to shut down the federal government last month over a dispute about a provision in a year-end spending bill that would have allowed...
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 MorePASADENA, CA – A federal court of appeals today rejected a challenge to the California Voting Rights Act (CVRA) brought by a former mayor of the City of Poway. The three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth...
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 – MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) honored three Latino leaders at its annual Los Angeles Awards Gala on Thursday, Nov. 7. Among the honorees at this year’s gala was Richard Alatorre, one...
Read MoreReport released by Advancing Justice | AAJC, MALDEF, and NALEO Educational Fund presents new legal approach to issues arising from 2013 Supreme Court decision. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Civil rights organizations issued a new report...
Read MoreSAN JOSE, CA – A Palo-Alto-based multinational information technology company engaged in employment discrimination against a young immigrant who is authorized to work in this country, according to a federal lawsuit filed today....
Read MoreSAN ANTONIO, TX – MALDEF attorneys sent a letter to a Texas school district Friday warning that it was in violation of the U.S. Constitution for treating parents with foreign government-issued identification differently than...
Read MoreWASHINGTON, D.C. – Representatives of leading civil rights organizations testified in two U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee hearings yesterday about the need to expand and strengthen the federal Voting Rights Act (VRA)...
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