Immigrants’ Rights

San Antonio, TX – Please attribute the following statement on Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s request to the United States Court of Appeal for the Fifth Circuit seeking to stay a federal district court’s injunction blocking implementation of Texas Senate Bill 4 (SB 4) to Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund):

San Antonio, TX – A federal court has partially granted a request to block Texas from implementing Senate Bill 4 (SB 4).

LOS ANGELES – California officials late last week acted to transfer to federal court a lawsuit challenging the state’s failure to ensure adequate access to care under Medi-Cal, which has affected all Medi-Cal participants, a majority of whom are Latino.

LOS ANGELES – Please attribute the following statement on a federal court’s dismissal of a Texas lawsuit seeking preemptive approval of the anti-immigrant law Texas SB 4 to Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF: “In a well-reasoned written decision, United States District Judge Sam Sparks yesterday rebuked Texas state Attorney General Ken Paxton’s premature Austin-based litigation to defend the constitutionally-flawed SB 4. Recognizing that the state was seeking an improper advisory opinion when it filed the preemptive lawsuit challenging some of the major opponents of the proposed SB 4, including MALDEF, yesterday’s decision leaves the constitutionality of the enacted SB 4 to be determined by the proper federal court in San Antonio, where motions for preliminary injunction are now pending.

San Francisco, CA – An argument by Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. that federal law permits the bank to discriminate against certain immigrants was rejected by a federal judge, ruling in a lawsuit alleging that the financial giant illegally denied qualified applicants, including college students, loans because of their alienage or immigration status.

LOS ANGELES – State officials are violating the civil rights of 13.5 million individuals enrolled in Medi-Cal, the health insurance program for low-income Californians, a majority of whom are Latino, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday.