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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.

FEDERAL COURT RULES 2011 TEXAS STATE HOUSE REDISTRCITING PLAN VIOLATES FEDERAL VOTING RIGHTS LAW

Apr 21, 2017 | News Releases, Redistricting, Voting Rights

San Antonio, TX- A federal court on Thursday struck down a 2011 redistricting plan for the Texas State House on the grounds that it is racially discriminatory and unlawfully dilutes the voting strength of Latinos.

MALDEF SUES ILLINOIS SHERIFF FOR UNLAWFULLY HOLDING A LATINO FATHER ON FEDERAL IMMIGRATION DETAINER

Apr 12, 2017 | Court Cases Access to Justice, News Releases

Chicago, IL- An Illinois man who has been unlawfully detained by the Lake County Sheriff’s Office on an indefinite “immigration hold” is asking a federal court to step in, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday.

MALDEF DENOUNCES GORSUCH REFUSAL TO MEET WITH FIRST LATINA SENATOR IN U.S. HISTORY

Mar 31, 2017 | News Releases

Los Angeles, CA- Please attribute the following statement to MALDEF President and General Counsel Thomas A. Saenz:

TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY AND COMMISSIONER SUED OVER ILLEGAL CHANGES TO SCHOOL FUNDING SYSTEM

Mar 31, 2017 | Court Cases Education, News Releases

San Antonio, TX – Texas education officials illegally changed how property taxes are calculated in wealthy school districts, with the effect of substantially reducing the funds available for schools in poorer districts, a lawsuit filed Thursday charged.

News Releases

MALDEF STATEMENT ON TEXAS SB 4 “SANCTUARY CITIES” BILL

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

MALDEF STATEMENT ON TEXAS “SANCTUARY CITIES” BILL

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

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

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

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

FEDERAL COURT RULES 2011 TEXAS STATE HOUSE REDISTRCITING PLAN VIOLATES FEDERAL VOTING RIGHTS LAW

MALDEF SUES ILLINOIS SHERIFF FOR UNLAWFULLY HOLDING A LATINO FATHER ON FEDERAL IMMIGRATION DETAINER

MALDEF DENOUNCES GORSUCH REFUSAL TO MEET WITH FIRST LATINA SENATOR IN U.S. HISTORY

TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY AND COMMISSIONER SUED OVER ILLEGAL CHANGES TO SCHOOL FUNDING SYSTEM

MALDEF STATEMENT IN OPPOSITION TO CONFIRMATION OF NEIL GORSUCH TO THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT

MALDEF WARNS ANTELOPE VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRCT OF LEGAL ACTION OVER ELECTION SYSTEM

MALDEF URGES SANTA ANA OFFICIALS TO REJECT ANY PROPOSAL TO RENEW ICE CONTRACT

FEDERAL COURT DECLARES TEXAS 2011 CONGRESSIONAL REDISTRICTING PLAN ILLEGAL, MALDEF SECURES VICTORY FOR LATINO VOTERS

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