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

Mar 23, 2017 | News Releases, Voting Rights

Los Angeles, CA – The Antelope Valley Community College District’s current at-large system used to elect the five-member Governing Board violates the California Voting Rights Act of 2001 (CVRA), according to a civil rights group.

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

Mar 23, 2017 | News Releases, Public Policy, Public Policy Immigrants' Rights

Los Angeles, CA – MALDEF sent a letter Tuesday to the Santa Ana City Council urging officials to reject a proposal to negotiate a new contract with federal immigration authorities.

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

Mar 12, 2017 | News Releases, Redistricting, Voting Rights

San Antonio, TX – A federal court ruled Friday that the Texas Legislature’s 2011 redistricting plan for congress discriminated against Latino voters in violation of the federal Voting Rights Act and the U.S. Constitution.

U.S.-BORN STUDENT SUES WASHINGTON, D.C. AFTER DENIAL OF FINANCIAL AID BASED ON HER PARENT’S IMMIGRATION STATUS

Mar 1, 2017 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases

Washington, D.C. – A U.S. citizen who was denied college financial aid solely because her mother is an immigrant with temporary status is suing the District of Columbia, according to a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday.

MALDEF STATEMENT ON APPELLATE COURT LIMITING INTERPRETATION OF TEXAS HARBORING STATUTE

Feb 24, 2017 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases

San Antonio, TX – MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) challenged a provision of Texas’s HB 11 that made it a new state felony to “harbor” someone in the United States without legal documents.

MALDEF CALLS ON CITIES AND COUNTIES TO REJECT 287(G) IMMIGRATION AGREEMENTS

Feb 24, 2017 | News Releases, Public Policy, Public Policy Immigrants' Rights

Los Angeles, CA – Please attribute the following statement on the Trump administration’s plan to revive and expand the use of the controversial program known as 287 (g) that deputizes local law enforcement officers to act as immigration agents to MALDEF President and General Counsel Thomas A. Saenz:

MALDEF STATEMENT ON RECENT ICE ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY

Feb 12, 2017 | News Releases, Public Policy, Public Policy Immigrants' Rights

Los Angeles, CA – Please attribute the following statement on recent nationwide arrests by federal immigration officials to MALDEF President and General Counsel Thomas A. Saenz:

MALDEF REAFFIRMS OPPOSITION TO CONFIRMATION OF SESSIONS

Feb 7, 2017 | News Releases

Los Angeles, CA – Please attribute the following statement on the confirmation process of Sen. Jeff Sessions to be U.S. Attorney General to MALDEF President and General Counsel Thomas A. Saenz.

MALDEF STATEMENT ON TEXAS GOVERNOR’S THREAT TO DEFUND “SANCTUARY CITIES”

Feb 3, 2017 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases

San Antonio, TX – Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Tuesday during his State of the State address that he will ban so-called “sanctuary cities,” and withhold funding from those jurisdictions that decline to engage in federal immigration enforcement.

MALDEF STATEMENT OPPOSING CONFIRMATION OF DEVOS AS EDUCATION SECRETARY

Feb 3, 2017 | News Releases, Public Policy, Public Policy Education

LOS ANGELES, CA – Please attribute the following statement opposing confirmation of Betsy DeVos as U.S. Secretary of Education to MALDEF President and General Counsel Thomas A. Saenz.

FIFTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS TO HEAR ORAL ARGUMENT ON PASADENA, TEXAS FEDERAL VOTING RIGHTS ACT CASE

Feb 3, 2017 | News Releases, Voting Rights

Houston, TX – MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) will present oral argument to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017. MALDEF will be arguing in opposition to a request by the City of Pasadena, Texas to use the election system that was struck down by a lower court in the City’s 2017 municipal elections.

WELLS FARGO SUED FOR DISCRIMINATORY LENDING PRACTICES AGAINST CERTAIN IMMIGRANTS

Feb 3, 2017 | DACA, News Releases

San Francisco, CA – Wells Fargo & Co. illegally denied qualified applicants, including a college student, loans because of their immigration status, according to a federal lawsuit filed Monday.

IMMIGRANT AND CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS SEEK TO HALT DISCRIMINATORY ARIZONA DRIVER’S LICENSE POLICY

Jan 21, 2017 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases

Phoenix, AZ – Civil and immigrants’ rights attorneys asked a federal court on Friday to temporarily block Arizona from continuing to deny certain lawfully present immigrants, including survivors of domestic violence, access to driver’s licenses.

MEDIA ADVISORY

Jan 20, 2017 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases

PHOENIX, AZ – Civil and immigrants’ rights groups will present oral argument before a federal court on January 20th, asking the judge to issue a preliminary injunction ordering Arizona to provide driver’s licenses to applicants who have received deferred action.

FEDERAL COURT RULES PASADENA, TEXAS VIOLATED VOTING RIGHTS ACT

Jan 7, 2017 | News Releases, Redistricting, Voting Rights

Houston, TX – The City of Pasadena, Texas illegally and intentionally sought to dilute Latino voting power when it changed the system used to elect its city council members, in violation of the federal Voting Rights Act, a federal judge ruled Friday.

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