Greenbelt, MD – Civil rights groups are expanding an ongoing 2019 federal lawsuit to include claims against the Trump administration’s unprecedented attempt to cut short the 2020 Census and to exclude some individuals from the...
Read MoreLOS ANGELES – A federal judge in Maryland has denied the Trump administration’s motion to dismiss a constitutional challenge to a provision of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) that discriminates...
Read MoreLOS ANGELES – Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) issued the following statement in response to Donald Trump’s ill-informed statement suggesting the...
Read MoreLOS ANGELES – Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) issued the following statement in response to the Trump administration’s new memo that seeks to...
Read MoreLegal name change is now available to non-citizens and transgender people in Indiana INDIANAPOLIS, IN — A Court of Appeals of Indiana has taken the final step in the process and certified a decision that a state name-change law...
Read MoreREDWOOD CITY, CA – A national bank unlawfully denied student loans and related services to non-citizens and non-permanent residents based solely on their immigration status, according to a lawsuit filed today. 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 in response to Donald Trump’s memorandum to the Secretary of...
Read MoreLOS ANGELES – Please attribute the following statement on the passing of Rep. John Lewis to Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund): “The remarkable life...
Read MoreLOS ANGELES – Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) issued the following statement on the call for a national boycott of Goya Foods, Inc.: “Calls for a...
Read MoreLOS ANGELES – A New Mexico state court today rejected an argument by state officials that they had complied with a historic 2018 education ruling and should be released from a court’s order. Earlier this year, New Mexico...
Read MoreLAFAYETTE, La. – Civil rights attorneys are asking a federal court to release a medically vulnerable immigrant detained at a Louisiana immigration detention where several detainees have tested positive for COVID-19. MALDEF...
Read More(LOS ANGELES ) – Officials in Yakima County, Washington must change the system and maps used to elect county commissioners or risk a federal lawsuit, according to a letter sent by a Latino civil rights organization. MALDEF...
Read MoreBUENA PARK, Calif. — The Buena Park Library District (BPLD) must change its system for electing its board of trustees or risk being sued for violating the California Voting Rights Act, according to a letter sent today by a...
Read MoreTUSTIN, Calif. — The City of Tustin must change its system for electing city council members or risk being sued for violating the California Voting Rights Act, according to a letter sent today by a Latino civil rights...
Read MoreLOS ANGELES – The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rejected the Trump administration’s reasons for rescinding Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA), ruling 5-4 in Department of Homeland Security v. Regents of the University...
Read MoreSAN FRANCISCO – Wells Fargo Bank will pay up to $19.6 million and change its lending policies as part of settling two class-action lawsuits brought by Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients whose applications...
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