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CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS EXPAND LAWSUIT CHALLENGING TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S ATTACK ON CENSUS

Aug 13, 2020 | Census, Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases, Voting Rights

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 data used for apportionment.

MALDEF STATEMENT ON FEDERAL COURT RULING IN DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT ON CARES ACT

Aug 6, 2020 | Court Cases Access to Justice, Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases

LOS 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 against mixed-status married couples.

MALDEF STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO TRUMP’S COMMENTS SUGGESTING DELAY OF 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

Jul 30, 2020 | News Releases, PP Voting Rights, Public Policy

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 Donald Trump’s ill-informed statement suggesting the possibility of an unlawful delay to the Nov. 3, 2020 presidential election:

MALDEF STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S MEMO ON DACA

Jul 29, 2020 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, DACA, 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 the Trump administration’s new memo that seeks to eliminate new applications of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and limit renewals.

U.S. Citizenship is not Required for Legal Name Change in Indiana

Jul 23, 2020 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases

Legal name change is now available to non-citizens and transgender people in Indiana

MALDEF SUES NATIONAL BANK FOR LOAN POLICY THAT DISCRIMINATES AGAINST CERTAIN IMMIGRANTS

Jul 22, 2020 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, DACA, News Releases

REDWOOD 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 STATEMENT ON TRUMP’S UNLAWFUL EXECUTIVE MEMORANDUM

Jul 21, 2020 | Census, Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases

LOS 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 Commerce that seeks to alter the required count of every person for the purpose of reapportionment by excluding some immigrants.

MALDEF STATETMENT ON THE PASSING OF REP. JOHN LEWIS

Jul 19, 2020 | News Releases

LOS 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):

MALDEF Statement Supporting Boycott of Goya Foods

Jul 13, 2020 | 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 on the call for a national boycott of Goya Foods, Inc.:

MALDEF STATEMENT ON NEW MEXICO RULING REJECTING BID TO DISMISS HISTORIC EDUCATION CASE

Jun 30, 2020 | Court Cases Education, News Releases

LOS 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.

CIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEYS SEEK RELEASE OF IMMIGRANT AT HIGH RISK FOR COVID-19 FROM ICE CUSTODY

Jun 25, 2020 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases

LAFAYETTE, 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 WARNS YAKIMA COUNTY, WASHINGTON OF FEDERAL VOTING RIGHTS ACT VIOLATIONS

Jun 24, 2020 | News Releases, Voting Rights

(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 WARNS BUENA PARK LIBRARY DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA VOTING RIGHTS ACT VIOLATION

Jun 24, 2020 | News Releases, Voting Rights

BUENA 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 Latino civil rights organization.

MALDEF WARNS TUSTIN OF CALIFORNIA VOTING RIGHTS ACT VIOLATION

Jun 23, 2020 | News Releases, Voting Rights

TUSTIN, 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 organization.

MALDEF Warns Tustin of California Voting Rights Act Violcation