Immigrants’ Rights
MALDEF STATEMENT ON NINTH CIRCUIT DECISION UPHOLDING MOST OF CALIFORNIA SANCTUARY LAWS
SAN FRANCISCO – A panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit today upheld the entirety of California Senate Bill 54 (SB 54), which enacted important limits on cooperation by state and local officials with federal immigration authorities, and significant portions of two other state “sanctuary” laws challenged by the Trump administration. SB 54, signed into law in 2017, increases immigrant community cooperation with local law enforcement agencies by restricting their involvement in immigration enforcement.
MALDEF STATEMENT ON TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL LAWSUIT AGAINST SAN ANTONIO FOR ALLEGED VIOLATIONS OF SB 4
LOS ANGELES – Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund), issued the following statement today in response to a lawsuit filed by the Texas Attorney General’s office against the City of San Antonio over an incident involving smuggled immigrants and the purported application of state immigration enforcement statute SB 4:
MALDEF AND BANK OF AMERICA REACH AGREEMENT TO DISMISS EMPLOYMENT LAWSUIT
LOS ANGELES – On May 3, 2018, MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) filed a lawsuit, on behalf of an individual job applicant work-authorized through DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals), which alleged that the plaintiff was denied the opportunity to compete for an employment position at Bank of America because he is a DACA holder. The action was filed as a potential class action on behalf of other work-authorized DACA recipients who may have been denied employment at Bank of America.
MALDEF to present oral argument on behalf of immigrant’s denied admission to University of Georgia System
MALDEF FILES NOTICE OF INTENT TO SUE DIGITAL SERVICES FIRM FOR EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION AGAINST NON-CITIZENS
ARIZONA CANNOT DENY DRIVER’S LICENSES TO IMMIGRANTS WITH DEFERRED ACTION, COURT RULES IN LAWSUIT FILED BY MALDEF, NILC
TRANS IMMIGRANT PETITIONS U.S. SUPREME COURT FOR CASE AGAINST DISCRIMINATORY INDIANA LAW TO BE HEARD
FEDERAL COURT GRANTS MALDEF MOTION TO INTERVENE ON BEHALF OF DREAMERS IN TEXAS-LED LAWSUIT CHALLENGING DACA
MALDEF FILES MOTION TO INTERVENE ON BEHALF OF DREAMERS IN TEXAS-LED LAWSUIT CHALLENGING DACA
BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS – Nearly two dozen young immigrants who grew up in the United States and are recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) are asking a federal court to allow them to intervene in a lawsuit filed this month by Texas and six other states challenging the 2012 initiative.
MALDEF STATEMENT ON LAWSUIT LED BY TEXAS CHALLENGING DACA INITIATIVE
LOS ANGELES – Please attribute the following statement in response to a lawsuit filed by Texas and six other states challenging the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) initiative to Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund):
LAWSUIT CHARGING PROCTER & GAMBLE WITH DISCRIMINATORY EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES AGAINST SOME IMMIGRANTS WILL MOVE FORWARD
MALDEF STATEMENT ON SUPREME COURT REFUSAL TO HEAR APPEAL OF ARIZONA CHALLENGE TO DACA INITIATIVE
ICE AGREES TO RELEASE OF ASYLUM SEEKER DENIED ADEQUATE MEDICAL CARE BY TEXAS IMMIGRANT DETENTION FACILITY
MALDEF STATEMENT ON RESOLUTION OF COURT HEARING SEEKING IMMEDIATE MEDICAL CARE FOR DETAINED SALVADORAN ASYLUM SEEKER
Austin, TX – On Tuesday, MALDEF went before a federal court judge in Austin on behalf of Laura Monterrosa-Flores, a Salvadoran asylum seeker who has been denied adequate medical care for her mental health needs by officials at the T. Don Hutto Residential Center, an immigrant detention facility in Taylor, Texas, and by U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).