News Releases
COURT GRANTS FINAL APPROVAL OF $10 MILLION MOTEL 6 SETTLEMENT FOR RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
MALDEF ENDORSES CALIFORNIA’S PROPOSITION 13 ON 2020 BALLOT
MALDEF STATEMENT ON APPOINTMENT OF FORMER LEADER OF ANTI-IMMIGRANT GROUP TO HELP ESTABLISH DETENTION OVERSIGHT OFFICE
(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 FAIR, an anti-immigrant hate group, has been appointed to establish an ombudsman office that handles complaints of civil rights violations in immigration detention centers:
MALDEF STATEMENT ON SUPREME COURT RULING ON PUBLIC CHARGE
(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 alarming limits on legal immigration and punish immigrants who legally access public services.
STATEMENT ON THE DEATH OF FORMER MALDEF BOARD MEMBER MICHAEL I. SOVERN
CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS SUE LAS VEGAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY OVER UNLAWFUL DETAINER POLICY
MALDEF STATEMENT ON TRUMP’S THREAT TO VETO SPENDING BILL OVER DACA PROVISION
LOS 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 immigrants who are authorized to work under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) to obtain jobs on Capitol Hill.