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MALDEF STATEMENT ON DACA APPEAL

Jul 7, 2022 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, DACA, News Releases

LOS ANGELES – Attorneys with MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) on Wednesday presented oral argument in Texas v. United States before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans.

MALDEF STATEMENT DENOUNCING SCOTUS RULING OVERTURNING ROE v. WADE

Jun 24, 2022 | News Releases, Public Policy, Public Policy Access to Justice

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 today’s ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, overturning Roe v. Wade, the 1973 landmark decision that established the constitutional right to reproductive choice that has been in place for nearly 50 years:

CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS CHALLENGE MISSOURI VOTING RESTRICTIONS IN COURT

Jun 22, 2022 | News Releases, Voting Rights

St. LOUIS, Mo. – Civil rights groups are suing Missouri state and local officials over a state election provision that disenfranchises voters with limited English proficiency or with disabilities who require assistance in casting a ballot.

MALDEF STATEMENT ON THE 10th ANNIVERSARY OF DACA

Jun 16, 2022 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, DACA, News Releases

LOS ANGELES – Today, we mark a decade since the Obama administration announced the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) initiative that allows young immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children without documents to remain here and obtain renewable work visas.

MALDEF STATEMENT ON THE 40th ANNIVERSARY OF PLYLER v. DOE

Jun 15, 2022 | Court Cases Education, Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases, Plyler v. Doe, Public Policy, Public Policy Education, Public Policy Immigrants' Rights

LOS ANGELES – Today marks the 40th anniversary Plyler v. Doe, of one our nation’s most consequential constitutional decisions and a singular achievement in the history of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund).

CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATION SUES LANDLORD FOR THREATENING TO CALL ICE ON TENANTS

May 31, 2022 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases

CHICAGO – A Latino civil rights organization is suing a Chicago couple who threatened to report tenants to immigration officials after a rent dispute in violation of state law, according to a lawsuit filed in state court today.

MALDEF STATEMENT ON THE MASS SHOOTING AT AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN UVALDE, TEXAS

May 25, 2022 | News Releases

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 yesterday’s horrific mass shooting that claimed the lives of 19 children and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas – a community that is overwhelmingly Latino:

MALDEF STATEMENT ON THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION’S FAILURE TO ADDRESS HISTORICAL LATINO EXCLUSION IN JUDICIAL NOMINATIONS

May 25, 2022 | News Releases, Public Policy, Public Policy Access to Justice

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 the Biden Administration’s latest slate of judicial nominees to the federal bench that once again overlooks the Latino community:

MALDEF STATEMENT ON BUFFALO MASS MURDER

May 16, 2022 | News Releases, Public Policy, Public Policy Freedom from Open and Obvious Bias and Racism

LOS ANGELES – Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund), issued the following statement in the aftermath of Saturday’s mass shooting in Buffalo, New York that left 10 people dead:

MALDEF STATEMENT ON TEXAS GOVERNOR’S COMMENTS ON LANDMARK EDUCATION RULING

May 5, 2022 | Court Cases Education, News Releases, Plyler v. Doe

LOS ANGELES – Yesterday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott offhandedly threatened to challenge Plyler v. Doe, a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling, secured by MALDEF attorneys, that ensures all children, including undocumented students, have access to a free public K-12 education.

MALDEF STATEMENT ON THE PASSING OF PROFESSOR MICHAEL OLIVAS

Apr 22, 2022 | Media, News Releases

LOS ANGELES – MALDEF mourns the passing of Michael A. Olivas, who died today in Santa Fe, New Mexico. A longtime supporter of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund), he served on the organization’s Board of Directors for several terms over decades, and was currently serving on his passing. He was also a MALDEF legal services honoree in 2000.

MALDEF STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF JUDGE KETANJI BROWN JACKSON TO THE U.S. SUPREME COURT

Mar 22, 2022 | News Releases, Public Policy, Public Policy Access to Justice

LOS ANGELES – This week the United States Senate began confirmation hearings on the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court. If confirmed, she would be the first Black woman to serve on the Court since it was first established in 1789.

MALDEF SUES CREDIT UNION FOR DISCRIMINATING AGAINST DACA RECIPIENT

Mar 16, 2022 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, DACA, News Releases

San Jose, CA – A Latino civil rights organization is suing a national credit union for unlawfully denying a car loan to a DACA recipient based on her immigration status, according to a federal lawsuit filed today.

MALDEF STATEMENT ON THE NOMINATION OF JUDGE KETANJI BROWN JACKSON TO THE U.S. SUPREME COURT

Feb 25, 2022 | News Releases, Public Policy, Public Policy Access to Justice

LOS ANGELES – President Joe Biden on Friday nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court. She was elevated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit last year, and is the first Black woman ever nominated to the nation’s highest court.

MALDEF STATEMENT ON THE NOMINATION OF JUSTICE PATRICIA GUERRERO TO THE CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT

Feb 16, 2022 | News Releases, Public Policy, Public Policy Access to Justice

LOS ANGELES – On Tuesday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom nominated Fourth District Court of Appeal Justice Patricia Guerrero to serve as an Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court. If confirmed, Guerrero would be the first Latina to serve on the state’s high court. Please attribute the following statement on the nomination of Justice Guerrero to Ernest I. Herrera, Western Regional Counsel for MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund):

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