News Releases
STATEMENT ON RESOLUTION OF CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS’ CLAIMS AGAINST DISBANDED WHITE HOUSE ‘ELECTION INTEGRITY COMMISSION’
CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS’ STATEMENT ON COURT RULING BLOCKING SOUTH TEXAS COUNTY’S RESTRICTIONS ON POLITICAL SPEECH
San Antonio, TX – A federal court has granted a request by MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) and TCRP (Texas Civil Rights Project) to temporarily block a 2018 rule adopted by the Commissioners Court of Starr County that prohibits “electioneering” during voting periods on properties owned or operated by the county.
KERN COUNTY REDISTRICTING PLAN VIOLATES LATINO VOTING RIGHTS, FEDERAL COURT RULES IN MALDEF LAWSUIT
MALDEF STATEMENT ON DISMISSAL OF FEDERAL LAWSUIT CHALLENGING THE CALIFORNIA VOTING RIGHTS ACT
CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS SEEK EMERGENCY ORDER TO BLOCK SOUTH TEXAS COUNTY’S RESTRICTIONS ON POLITICAL SPEECH
FEDERAL JUDGE RULES MALDEF LAWSUIT AGAINST ILLINOIS SHERIFF FOR UNLAWFUL DETENTION OF LATINO FATHER CAN MOVE FORWARD
MALDEF URGES CONGRESSIONAL ACTION ON WORKFORCE PRESERVATION BY PROTECTING IMMIGRANT YOUTH AND TPS HOLDERS
MALDEF STATEMENT ON STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS
MALDEF STATEMENT ON ARIZONA CONGRESSMAN’S CALL FOR IMMIGRATION RAID AT STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS
LOS ANGELES – Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund), issued the following statement today in response to a call by Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) for U.S. Capitol Police to carry out immigration enforcement actions at tonight’s State of the Union address:
MALDEF STATEMENT ON WHITE HOUSE IMMIGRATION PROPOSAL
Motel 6 Sued For Violating Rights Of Latino Guests
MALDEF STATEMENT ON ENDING GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN WITHOUT PROTECTIONS FOR IMMIGRANT YOUTH
Los Angeles, CA – Please attribute the following statement on the Senate vote ending the federal government shutdown without an agreement on the future of immigrant youth previously protected by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) initiative to Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund):
MALDEF STATEMENT ON GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN
MALDEF STATEMENT ON TRUMP’S RACIST COMMENTS
Los Angeles, CA – Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund), issued the following statement today, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, on Donald Trump’s recent racist comments: “How profoundly troubling that on this hard-fought national holiday honoring one of our nation’s greatest humanitarian leaders – in the year that will mark a half century since Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s tragic and premature death – our nation continues to grapple with a sitting president’s blatant and crass expression of racism a few days ago.