BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) will present oral argument on Friday in favor of dismissing a federal lawsuit filed by the State of Alabama. The suit seeks to require the Census Bureau to exclude undocumented immigrants from the 2020 Census data used for reapportionment. MALDEF will argue in favor of a motion to dismiss the lawsuit on the basis that Alabama lacks standing to sue the Department of Commerce for the remedy it seeks.
Voting Rights
LATINO VOTERS, CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS REACH SETTLEMENT WITH TEXAS OVER PURGING OF VOTER ROLLS
Civil Rights Organizations Contest Finding of Non-Discrimination in Maryland Census Ruling
Maryland Federal Court Blocks Trump Administration’s Addition of A Census Citizenship Question
MALDEF Warns New Haven Unified School District of California Voting Rights Act Violations
MALDEF Warns Adelanto Elementary School District of California Voting Rights Act Violations
MALDEF Warns Union City of California Voting Rights Act Violation
Federal Court Ruling Dismisses Challenge to the California Voting Rights Act
MALDEF Statement On Second Federal Court Ruling Blocking Addition of Citizenship Question to 2020 Census
LOS ANGELES – Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) issued the following statement in response to today’s ruling by a federal court in California blocking the Trump administration’s attempt to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census:
MALDEF Statement on Federal Court Order in Texas Voter Purge Case
Federal Court Halts Texas Counties From Purging Voters From Rolls
MALDEF Statement on Federal Court Ruling on Challenge to the California Voting Rights Act
MALDEF Files Lawsuit Against Texas Secretary of State for Baseless Investigation of Immigrants’ Voting Eligibility
San Antonio, TX – A group of naturalized citizens and advocacy organizations filed a lawsuit against the Texas Secretary of State for conspiring with Governor Greg Abbott and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to violate their Constitutional rights by improperly and baselessly questioning their eligibility to vote.