Public Policy Immigrants’ Rights
MALDEF DENOUNCES TRUMP ADMINISTRATION DECISION TO END TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS FOR HAITIAN REFUGEES
(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 refugees displaced by a devastating 2010 earthquake in Haiti:
MALDEF PLEDGES SUPPORT TO JURISDICTIONS THREATENED BY DOJ OVER IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT POLICIES
(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 letters sent by the U.S. Department of Justice demanding that 29 jurisdictions engage in immigration enforcement efforts:
MALDEF STATEMENT ON FEDERAL COURT BLOCK OF TRUMP ORDER BANNING TRANSGENDER PEOPLE FROM MILITARY SERVICE
(San Antonio, TX) Please attribute the following statement on Monday’s decision by a federal court judge blocking the Trump administration’s ban on transgender people serving in the military to Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund):
MALDEF STATEMENT ON DETENTION OF 10-YEAR-OLD ROSA MARIA HERNANDEZ BY BORDER PATROL AGENTS
(Los Angeles, CA) Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund), released the following statement today in response to the detention of Rosa Maria Hernandez, a 10-year-old girl with cerebral palsy who underwent emergency gallbladder surgery in Texas. Rosa, a Mexican national, was detained by Border Patrol agents at the hospital where she was recovering and transferred to a San Antonio immigration detention facility for minors. She remains in custody and separated from her family.
MALDEF STATEMENT ON TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S CRUEL AND SENSELESS IMMIGRATION DEMANDS
MALDEF STATEMENT ON NEW REPORT INDICATING LASD PROVIDED DETAILED INMATE INFORMATION DIRECTLY TO ICE
(Los Angeles, CA) Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund), released the following statement today in response to a new report by the Office of Inspector General County of Los Angeles. The report found Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department staff shared detailed information about inmates held in its jails directly with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.
MALDEF STATEMENT ON ENACTMENT OF CALIFORNIA SENATE BILL 54
California Senate Bill 54, which enacts important limits on cooperation by state and local officials with federal immigration authorities, was signed into law today by Gov. Jerry Brown. Please attribute the following statement to Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund).
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MALDEF STATEMENT ON HOUSE PASSAGE OF CRIMINAL ALIEN GANG MEMBER REMOVAL ACT
MALDEF, RAINBOW PUSH COALITION, CA SECRETARY OF STATE RESPOND TO TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S DISCRIMINATORY POLICIES
Los Angeles, CA – Civil rights groups and the California Secretary of State vowed Friday to work together to combat the Trump Administration’s efforts to suppress minority voting while also urging the White House to keep in place Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), a 2012 initiative that protects some young immigrants from deportation.
MALDEF STATEMENT ON TRUMP PARDON OF JOE ARPAIO
MALDEF STATEMENT ON TRUMP’S POTENTIAL PARDON OF SHERIFF JOE ARPAIO
Los Angeles, CA – Please attribute the following statement on Donald J. Trump’s visit to Arizona, and reports that he is considering a presidential pardon of disgraced former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio to Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund): “If Donald Trump were to pardon the infamous Joe Arpaio today, it would be the most naked pander to a shrinking and dubious political ‘base’ since… well, last Tuesday. Any presidential pardon is completely premature for the following reasons:
MALDEF STATEMENT ON INTRODUCTION OF ANTI-IMMIGRANT BILL ENDORSED BY TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
Los Angeles, CA – Please attribute the following statement on legislation introduced Wednesday by Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and Sen. David Perdue (R-Ga.) that would severely curb legal immigration levels to Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund):