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MALDEF STATEMENT ON COURT RULING IN TEXAS SCHOOL FINANCING LAWSUIT

May 20, 2017 | Court Cases Education, Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases

San Antonio, TX – Please attribute the following statement on a Texas court ruling ordering state education officials to cease bypassing existing school funding rules to Marisa Bono, Southwest regional counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund):

DON’T MESS WITH MALDEF

May 19, 2017 | News Releases

RIGHT BACK AT YOU, GOVERNOR ABBOTT!

MALDEF SUES NORTHERN CALIFORNIA MARKET, CLEANING FIRM FOR WORKPLACE HARASSMENT OF LATINOS

May 17, 2017 | Court Cases Employment, Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases

Sacramento, CA – A grocery store in Northern California and a company it uses for janitorial services harassed Latino employees and unlawfully fired one of them after they complained about the hostile work environment, a federal lawsuit filed today by MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) on behalf of the workers charges.

Market Employees Challenge Hostile Work Environment

May 16, 2017 | Court Cases Employment, News Releases

Ramirez-Castellanos v. Nugget Markets

MALDEF STATEMENT ON ATTEMPT BY U.S. IMMIGRATION AGENT TO QUESTION STUDENT AT NEW YORK CITY PUBLIC SCHOOL

May 16, 2017 | News Releases, Public Policy, Public Policy Education

Los Angeles, CA – Please attribute the following statement on reports that an immigration agent sought a fourth-grade student at a New York City school to Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund):

MALDEF STATEMENT ON EXECUTIVE ORDER CREATING ELECTION COMMISSION

May 12, 2017 | News Releases, PP Voting Rights, Public Policy

MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) is providing the following statement on today’s executive order establishing an advisory commission on voter fraud. Please attribute the statement to Thomas A. Saenz, MALDEF president and general counsel.

MALDEF STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO TEXAS SB 4 LAWSUIT

May 9, 2017 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases

San Antonio, TX – Please attribute the following statement on the filing of a federal lawsuit today by the State of Texas against MALDEF to Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund):

MALDEF STATEMENT ON “ABBOTT’S FOLLY” — SIGNING OF TEXAS “SANCTUARY CITIES” BILL INTO LAW

May 8, 2017 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases

Los Angeles, CA – Please attribute the following statement on the signing by Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas’ so-called “sanctuary cities” bill (SB 4) into law to Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund):

MALDEF STATEMENT ON TEXAS SB 4 “SANCTUARY CITIES” BILL

May 5, 2017 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases

San Antonio, TX – Please attribute the following statement to Marisa Bono, Southwest regional counsel, MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund):

MALDEF ASKS COURT TO REJECT TUCSON UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT REQUEST FOR RELEASE FROM DESEGREGATION SUPERVISION

Apr 29, 2017 | Court Cases Education, News Releases

Tucson, AZ – A request by the Tucson Unified School District to be released in part from court supervision of its desegregation plan is premature and should be rejected, attorneys for Latino students argued in an opposition brief submitted to a federal court today.

MALDEF STATEMENT ON TEXAS “SANCTUARY CITIES” BILL

Apr 28, 2017 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases

Austin, TX – Please attribute the following statement on Texas’ so-called “sanctuary cities” bill, SB 4, to Marisa Bono, Southwest regional counsel, MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund):

MALDEF STATEMENT ON TRUMP’S EXECUTIVE ORDER ON FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S ROLE IN EDUCATION POLICY

Apr 28, 2017 | News Releases, Public Policy, Public Policy Education

Los Angeles, CA- Please attribute this statement on Donald Trump’s executive order requiring the U.S. Department to review federal oversight of K-12 education policies to Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund):

MALDEF SEEKS EMERGENCY ORDER TO REQUIRE TEXAS EDUCATION OFFICIALS TO COMPLY WITH SCHOOL FUNDING RULES

Apr 27, 2017 | Court Cases Education, News Releases

Austin, TX- MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) is asking a state court to issue an emergency order to stop Texas education officials from continuing to illegally bypass existing rules involving school funding.

MALDEF STATEMENT ON RULING BLOCKING TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S THREAT TO WITHHOLD FEDERAL FUNDS FROM SANCTUARY COMMUNITIES

Apr 26, 2017 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases

Los Angeles, CA- Please attribute this statement on U.S. District Judge William Orrick’s ruling that Donald Trump’s executive order threatening to pull funding from sanctuary communities is unconstitutional to Thomas A. Saenz, President and General Counsel of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund:

FIRST LATINA U.S. SENATOR JOINS MALDEF IN HONORING WOMEN’S RIGHTS ICON AND LATINO LEADERS AT ANNUAL WASHINGTON, D.C. AWARDS GALA

Apr 24, 2017 | News Releases

Washington, D.C.- U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nevada), the first Latina to be elected to the United States Senate, will be the featured speaker on Thursday, April 27, at the 2017 MALDEF Awards Gala in Washington, D.C.

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