Immigrants’ Rights
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.
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 urges a NO vote on S. 5 – the “Laken Riley Act”
Dear Representative:
MALDEF STATEMENT ON DONALD TRUMP’S THREAT TO END BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP
LOS ANGELES – Please attribute the following statement on the Trump administration’s attempt to dismantle birthright citizenship, guaranteed under the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, to MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) President and General Counsel Thomas A. Saenz:
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 AND SPACE COAST CREDIT UNION RESOLVE LAWSUIT
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A recipient of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) who challenged the denial of services by a Florida credit union has reached a confidential resolution with the company.
MALDEF STATEMENT ON NEW RULE MAKING DACA RECIPIENTS ELIGIBLE FOR ACA HEALTH CARE COVERAGE
LOS ANGELES – The Biden administration’s new rule granting recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) eligibility for health care insurance will go into effect today.
MALDEF STATEMENT ON GUILTY PLEA IN EL PASO MASSACRE
LOS ANGELES – A Texas white nationalist who murdered 23 people and injured nearly two dozen more during a mass shooting in 2019 at a Walmart in El Paso pleaded guilty Wednesday to 90 criminal counts, including 45 counts of violating the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act. The confessed shooter admitted that he targeted the Latino community and chose to carry out the massacre in El Paso because it was a border city. Under a plea agreement, the white nationalist will be sentenced to 90 consecutive life terms.
MALDEF STATEMENT ON THE 40th ANNIVERSARY OF PLYLER v. DOE
LOS ANGELES – Today marks the 40th anniversary Plyler v. Doe, of one our nation’s most consequential constitutional decisions and a singular achievement in the history of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund).