News Releases
MALDEF Statement on Passing of Texas Attorney Luis A. Wilmot
Civil Rights Groups Submit Newly Discovered Incriminating Evidence to Court and Ask Court to Reconsider Ruling that Citizenship Question was Not Intended to Racially Discriminate
MALDEF Statement on Expedited Appeal in Census Lawsuit
MALDEF AND ALLIED WEALTH PARTNERS REACH AGREEMENT TO DISMISS EMPLOYMENT LAWSUIT
On April 5, 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 Allied Wealth 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 Allied Wealth.
MALDEF Statement on AZ Attorney General’s Misguided Request in Motel 6 Settlement
LOS ANGELES – Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) issued the statement below in response to a brief filed by Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich asking that a federal court deny approval of a proposed settlement in a class-action lawsuit against Motel 6.
JUDGES APPROVE NEW BOUNDARIES TO END DISCRIMINATION IN TEXAS REDISTRICTING PLAN
MALDEF TO PRESENT ORAL ARGUMENT SEEKING TO DISMISS ALABAMA SUIT TO EXCLUDE CERTAIN IMMIGRANTS FROM CENSUS COUNT
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) will present oral argument on Friday in favor of dismissing a federal lawsuit filed by the State of Alabama. The suit seeks to require the Census Bureau to exclude undocumented immigrants from the 2020 Census data used for reapportionment. MALDEF will argue in favor of a motion to dismiss the lawsuit on the basis that Alabama lacks standing to sue the Department of Commerce for the remedy it seeks.
MALDEF Statement on Passing of California Latino Activist and Advocate Nativo Lopez
LOS ANGELES – Please attribute the following statement marking the passing of Nativo Lopez, an outspoken activist who established the Santa Ana chapter of Hermandad Mexicana National and spoke out on behalf of immigrants’ rights, to Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund):
ADELANTO SCHOOL DISTRICT TO CHANGE FROM AT-LARGE TO DISTRICT ELECTIONS
LOS ANGELES – Adelanto Elementary School District board members voted earlier this week to switch from an at-large election system to a single-member system in response to a letter from MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) warning that the district was in violation of the California Voting Rights Act (CVRA).
Students, Community Groups, and Kern County Office of Education Reach a Settlement of Lawsuit
LATINO VOTERS, CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS REACH SETTLEMENT WITH TEXAS OVER PURGING OF VOTER ROLLS
VMware, a Silicon Valley Tech Company, Discriminated Against Dreamers, According to MALDEF Suit
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.