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MALDEF STATEMENT ON DEFEAT OF RACIST REP. STEVE KING IN IOWA PRIMARY

Jun 4, 2020 | News Releases, Public Policy, Public Policy Immigrants' Rights

LOS ANGELES – This week voters in Iowa’s 4th District chose to oust Steve King as their representative to Congress. King has a long history of embracing racist and nativist views.

MALDEEF Statement on Defeat of Racist Rep. Steve King in Iowa Primary

Jun 4, 2020 | News Releases

LOS ANGELES – This week voters in Iowa’s 4th District chose to oust Steve King as their representative to Congress. King has a long history of embracing racist and nativist views.

EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT AGAINST NUGGET SUPERMARKET CHAIN TO GO TO TRIAL

Jun 3, 2020 | Court Cases Employment, News Releases

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – A federal judge has ruled that a lawsuit filed by two Latino supermarket workers who allege that they were harassed by their supervisors with taunts about then-candidate Donald Trump’s views on immigration can proceed to trial.

Employment Discrimination Lawsuit Against Nugget Supermarket Chain to go to Trail

Jun 3, 2020 | Court Cases Employment, News Releases

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – A federal judge has ruled that a lawsuit filed by two Latino supermarket workers who allege that they were harassed by their supervisors with taunts about then-candidate Donald Trump’s views on immigration can proceed to trial.

MALDEF STATEMENT ON NATIONAL CRISIS AND POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY

Jun 2, 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 in response to the current national crisis sparked by the murder of George Floyd, and the need for aggressive police reform measures to address the ongoing problem of police violence that disproportionately affects and kills Black Americans:

Church That Sought to Build Detention Center for Migrant Children Drops Suit

May 29, 2020 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases

SAN ANTONIO, TX – A church group that sued the City of San Antonio after it was denied a permit that would have allowed it to lease some of its land to a controversial for-profit detention company abruptly ended the lawsuit.

U.S. SUPREME COURT REJECTS APPEAL CHALLENGING CALIFORNIA VOTING RIGHTS ACT

May 26, 2020 | News Releases, Voting Rights

LOS ANGELES – The U.S. Supreme Court today refused to consider a challenge to the California Voting Rights Act (CVRA).

MALDEF AND MARIN HOUSING AUTHORITY REACH CONFIDENTIAL RESOLUTION OF EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT

May 20, 2020 | Court Cases Employment, News Releases

(LOS ANGELES ) – On January 30, 2019, Russell Aguilar, represented by MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) filed an employment discrimination lawsuit against the Housing Authority for the County of Marin. The suit alleged that Aguilar experienced discriminatory working conditions and termination.

INDIANA APPELLATE COURT RULES U.S. CITIZENSHIP IS NOT REQUIRED FOR LEGAL NAME CHANGE

May 20, 2020 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases

INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana Legal Services, Inc (ILSI), MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund), the Law Office of Barbara J. Baird, and the Transgender Law Center (TLC) won an important victory on behalf of two transgender immigrant clients who had been seeking legal name changes.

MALDEF FILES DACA EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION SUIT AGAINST NEW YORK BANK

May 12, 2020 | Court Cases Employment, Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, DACA, News Releases

NEW YORK – A New York bank unlawfully denied a Harvard graduate who is authorized to work in the United States a job because of her immigration status, according to a federal lawsuit filed today.

MALDEF SEEKS EN BANC REVIEW OF RULING IN LAWSUIT AGAINST SCHOOL OFFICIAL WHO THREATENED TO CALL ICE ON PARENT

May 12, 2020 | Court Cases Education, News Releases

LOS ANGELES – A split panel of a federal court of appeals erred when it upheld a ruling dismissing a lawsuit filed against a principal who threatened to call immigration officials on a parent, according to civil rights attorneys.

CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS CALL FOR DEFEAT OF CORY WILSON’S NOMINATION TO FIFTH CIRCUIT

May 5, 2020 | News Releases

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – National and state civil rights organizations today announced their vehement opposition to Senate confirmation of Cory Wilson to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Last week, the Senate announced it would move Donald Trump’s judicial nominations although millions of Americans are suffering from coronavirus and its impact.

CIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEYS SUE ICE ON BEHALF OF IMMIGRANT AT HIGH RISK FOR COVID-19

Apr 30, 2020 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases

SAN ANTONIO, TX – Civil rights attorneys are suing the federal government seeking the release of a medically vulnerable immigrant who was temporarily hospitalized and then returned to a Texas detention center where there are five confirmed cases of COVID-19 among detainees.

Maldef Sues Federal Government Over Denial Of COVID-19 Relief To Mixed-status Married Couples

Apr 28, 2020 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases

GREENBELT, Md. – The federal government’s denial of COVID-19 relief payments to U.S. citizens married to immigrants who do not have a social security number is unconstitutional, according to a class-action lawsuit filed Tuesday in a Maryland federal court.

MALDEF ASKS JUDGE TO STRIKE IMPROPER NEW MEXICO REQUEST FOR DISMISSAL OF LANDMARK EDUCATION CASE

Apr 27, 2020 | Court Cases Education, News Releases

SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO – Civil rights attorneys are asking a judge to strike a request by New Mexico officials to end a landmark education case that requires the state to address longstanding deficiencies in the K-12 public education system.

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