Public Policy Immigrants’ Rights
MALDEF STATEMENT ON MISLEADING COMMENTS BY TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL ON PENDING DACA CHALLENGE
LOS ANGELES – Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund), issued the followed statement today on Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton repeated misstatements about legal challenges to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) initiative:
Anti-Immigrant State Legislation and Ordinances
MALDEF staff members are at the forefront of efforts to protect Latinos against divisive and unconstitutional anti-immigrant measures in legislatures, the U.S. Congress and the courts. Nationally, MALDEF is involved in monitoring and raising awareness of anti-immigrant local ordinances and state laws in places as varied as Cherokee County, Georgia; Valley Park, Missouri; Farmers Branch, Texas; Phoenix Arizona; Prince William County, Virginia; Cobb County, Georgia; and Carpentersville, Illinois.
Federal Court Defers Ruling on DACA
VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ABUSE AT NOTORIOUS HUTTO IMMIGRATION CENTER IN TEXAS DEMAND RELEASE OF FEDERAL AUDIT RESULT
San Antonio, TX – Two women who say they were sexually abused by guards while detained at a Texas immigration center today issued a new request to federal authorities demanding an investigation into the mishandling of their cases and release of any probe of the facility, according to civil rights attorneys.
MALDEF STATEMENT ON U.S. SUPREME COURT DECISION TO UPHOLD TRUMP’S MUSLIM BAN
MALDEF STATEMENT ON TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S EFFORTS TO INCREASE DETENTION OF MIGRANT FAMILIES
MALDEF DECRIES ‘ZERO TOLERANCE’ TRAVESTY AND SEPARATION OF FAMILIES, CALLS FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF SESSIONS TO RESIGN
LOS ANGELES – Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund), released the following statement today on the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” immigration stance that has led to forced separation of families and horrific accounts of children being taken from their parents:
MALDEF STATEMENT ON TRUMP ADMINISTRATION LAWSUIT CHALLENGING CALIFORNIA STATE LAWS
MALDEF STATEMENT ON THE URGENT NEED TO FIND A LEGISLATIVE SOLUTION TO PROTECT DREAMERS
MALDEF URGES CONGRESSIONAL ACTION ON WORKFORCE PRESERVATION BY PROTECTING IMMIGRANT YOUTH AND TPS HOLDERS
MALDEF STATEMENT ON ARIZONA CONGRESSMAN’S CALL FOR IMMIGRATION RAID AT STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS
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 call by Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) for U.S. Capitol Police to carry out immigration enforcement actions at tonight’s State of the Union address:
MALDEF STATEMENT ON WHITE HOUSE IMMIGRATION PROPOSAL
MALDEF STATEMENT ON ENDING GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN WITHOUT PROTECTIONS FOR IMMIGRANT YOUTH
Los Angeles, CA – Please attribute the following statement on the Senate vote ending the federal government shutdown without an agreement on the future of immigrant youth previously protected by 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):
MALDEF DENOUNCES TRUMP ADMINISTRATION DECISION TO END TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS FOR SALVADORAN IMMIGRANTS
Los Angeles, CA – Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund), issued the following statement today in response to the Trump Administration’s announcement that it will end temporary protected status (TPS) for more than a quarter of a million immigrants from El Salvador: