(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:
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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.
MALDEF EXPANDS CHALLENGE TO TEXAS SB4 “SANCTUARY CITIES” LAW
FEDERAL APPEALS COURT DISMISSES CHALLENGE TO THE CALIFORNIA VOTING RIGHTS ACT
FEDERAL COURT STAYS TEXAS-LED CHALLENGE TO DACA
MALDEF HONORS LATINO LEADERS AT 2019 LOS ANGELES AWARDS GALA
JOINT REPORT PROVIDES ROADMAP FOR ADDRESSING SERIOUS VOTING RIGHTS ISSUES NATIONWIDE
MALDEF SUES HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE FOR DISCRIMINATORY DACA HIRING POLICY
MALDEF WARNS TEXAS SCHOOL DISTRICT TO ALLOW PARENT ACCESS
MALDEF WARNS TEXAS SCHOOL DISTRICT TO ALLOW PARENT ACCESS
MALDEF TESTIFIES BEFORE CONGRESS ON STRENGTHENING VOTING RIGHTS PROTECTIONS
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representatives of leading civil rights organizations testified in two U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee hearings yesterday about the need to expand and strengthen the federal Voting Rights Act (VRA) and to address other elections-related concerns. MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) President and General Counsel Thomas A. Saenz was among those testifying.