Public Policy
Education
ILLINOIS GOV. JB PRITZKER SIGNS BILL PROTECTING EQUAL ACCESS TO PUBLIC EDUCATION FOR IMMIGRANT STUDENTS
SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS – Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed into law a bill that would prohibit public schools from denying undocumented children a pre-K-12 public school education because of their actual or perceived immigration status Friday.
MALDEF ANNOUNCES 2023-2024 LAW SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS AND RELEASES 2024-2025 SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION
LOS ANGELES – MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) is proud to announce the recipients in its 2023-2024 Law School Scholarship Program. Since its founding in 1968, MALDEF has awarded scholarships to law students committed to furthering our mission of promoting and protecting the civil rights of the Latino community in the United States.
Employment
MALDEF STATEMENT ON PASSING OF LABOR LEADER RICHARD TRUMKA
LOS ANGELES – Please attribute the following statement on the death of longtime AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka to Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund:
MALDEF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CALIFORNIA BALLOT MEASURES
LOS ANGELES – MALDEF today released a set of recommended votes for California’s ballot measures.
Immigrants’ Rights
ILLINOIS GOV. J.B. PRITZKER SIGNS BILL PROTECTING SAFE ACCESS TO COURTS FOR ALL
CHICAGO, IL – Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed into law the Court Access, Safety, and Participation Act, which prevents immigration officers and others from making civil arrests at courthouses in the state.
MALDEF STATEMENT ON SUPREME COURT DECISION TO ALLOW ICE TO USE RACIAL PROFILING IN LOS ANGELES
LOS ANGELES – Today, the U.S. Supreme Court lifted court-ordered restrictions on immigration stops by federal agents in Los Angeles.
Voting Rights
MALDEF ISSUES RECOMMENDATIONS ON CALIFORNIA BALLOT MEASURES
Civil Rights Group Takes Positions on Propositions 2, 3, 5, 35, and 36
Hearing On “The Biden-Harris Border Crisis: Noncitizen Voting”
Testimony of Andrea E. Senteno Regional Counsel, MALDEF
Access to Justice
MALDEF Letter to the U.S. Senate opposing the “Laken Riley Act” as “misguided”
Today MALDEF sent a letter to the United States Senate opposing Senate Bill 5 known as the “Laken Riley Act”
MALDEF STATEMENT ON THE NOMINATION OF TWO LATINAS TO FEDERAL COURTS OF APPEAL
LOS ANGELES – Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) issued the statement below in response to President Biden’s nomination of two sitting judges to federal courts of appeals, including the first Latina to serve on the U.S Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Freedom From Open and Obvious Bias and Racism
MALDEF STATEMENT ON SUPREME COURT DECISION TO ALLOW ICE TO USE RACIAL PROFILING IN LOS ANGELES
LOS ANGELES – Today, the U.S. Supreme Court lifted court-ordered restrictions on immigration stops by federal agents in Los Angeles.
MALDEF STATEMENT ON THE FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE EL PASO MASS MURDER
(LOS ANGELES) – Please attribute the statement below marking the fifth anniversary of the mass shooting in El Paso to Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund).