News Releases
MALDEF, Kern County Reach Settlement In Landmark Voting Rights Lawsuit
MALDEF STATEMENT ON PASSING OF FEDERAL CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE STEPHEN REINHARDT
MALDEF STATEMENT ON COMMERCE DEPARTMENT’S APPROVAL OF A POLITICALLY CHARGED QUESTION ON CITIZENSHIP ON THE 2020 U.S. CENSUS
MALDEF ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF GRISELDA VEGA SAMUEL AS MIDWEST REGIONAL COUNSEL
Chicago, IL – Griselda Vega Samuel, an attorney whose specialties have included working with low-income clients and advocating on behalf of human trafficking victims, has joined MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) as its new Midwest Regional Counsel, leading its Chicago office.
MALDEF STATEMENT ON SUPREME COURT REFUSAL TO HEAR APPEAL OF ARIZONA CHALLENGE TO DACA INITIATIVE
ICE AGREES TO RELEASE OF ASYLUM SEEKER DENIED ADEQUATE MEDICAL CARE BY TEXAS IMMIGRANT DETENTION FACILITY
MALDEF STATEMENT ON RESOLUTION OF COURT HEARING SEEKING IMMEDIATE MEDICAL CARE FOR DETAINED SALVADORAN ASYLUM SEEKER
Austin, TX – On Tuesday, MALDEF went before a federal court judge in Austin on behalf of Laura Monterrosa-Flores, a Salvadoran asylum seeker who has been denied adequate medical care for her mental health needs by officials at the T. Don Hutto Residential Center, an immigrant detention facility in Taylor, Texas, and by U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
MALDEF STATEMENT ON TRUMP VISIT TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MALDEF STATEMENT ON FIFTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS OPINION ON ANTI-IMMIGRANT TEXAS SB 4 LAW
LOS ANGELES – Please attribute the following statement on the decision from a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit overturning most of a preliminary injunction barring implementation of the bulk of the anti-immigrant Texas SB 4 law to Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF:
COURT TO HEAR MALDEF REQUEST FOR RELEASE FROM IMMIGRATION DETENTION OF ASYLUM SEEKER DENIED ADEQUATE MEDICAL CARE
MALDEF MOURNS THE PASSING OF FORMER PRESIDENT AND VOTING RIGHTS GENIUS JOAQUIN G. AVILA
MALDEF STATEMENT ON TRUMP ADMINISTRATION LAWSUIT CHALLENGING CALIFORNIA STATE LAWS
LANDMARK KERN COUNTY VOTING RIGHTS LAWSUIT GOES TO REMEDIAL PHASE TUESDAY IN FEDERAL COURT
FRESNO, Calif. – Following a federal judge’s ruling that a redistricting plan adopted in 2011 by the Kern County, California Board of Supervisors unlawfully denies Latinos the right to elect candidates of their choice, MALDEF and attorneys for the county will return to court tomorrow for the remedial phase of the case.