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MALDEF Statement on Federal Court Ruling on Challenge to the California Voting Rights Act

Feb 4, 2019 | News Releases, Voting Rights

LOS ANGELES – Today, a federal judge dismissed the California Attorney General from a lawsuit that sought to overturn the City of Poway’s election system and challenged the constitutionality of the California Voting Rights Act (CVRA).

MALDEF Files Lawsuit Against Texas Secretary of State for Baseless Investigation of Immigrants’ Voting Eligibility

Feb 2, 2019 | News Releases, Voting Rights

San Antonio, TX – A group of naturalized citizens and advocacy organizations filed a lawsuit against the Texas Secretary of State for conspiring with Governor Greg Abbott and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to violate their Constitutional rights by improperly and baselessly questioning their eligibility to vote.

MALDEF Sues Marin County Housing Authority for Harassment and Unlawful Dismissal of Latino Employee

Jan 30, 2019 | Employment, News Releases

LOS ANGELES – A former Marin Housing Authority employee who faced a hostile work environment that included anti-Latino and homophobic comments was fired shortly after he complained to his supervisor, according to a lawsuit filed today in federal court.

MALDEF Warns Texas Counties Against Challenging Voter Eligibility

Jan 28, 2019 | News Releases, Voting Rights

San Antonio, TX – Texas counties that challenge the eligibility of voters simply because they were not U.S. citizens in the past run the risk of lawsuits under the U.S. Constitution and federal laws, according to a letter sent Monday by civil rights attorneys.

Trial Begins Today in Federal Lawsuit Accusing Trump Administration of Anti-Minority Motive Behind Census Citizenship Question

Jan 22, 2019 | Census, News Releases, Voting Rights

Greenbelt, MD – A federal trial begins today in a lawsuit alleging that Trump administration officials and others intentionally conspired to deprive racial minorities of their constitutional rights by adding a citizenship question to the 2020 Census.

MALDEF Files Motion To Dismiss Tucson Unified School District Appeal of Desegregation Ruling

Jan 22, 2019 | Education, News Releases

TUCSON, AZ – A federal court of appeals should dismiss a request by Tucson education officials to end a decades-long desegregation case because the district failed to make that request in the lower court, according to a motion filed today by Latino students.

Trial in Lawsuit Challenging Anti-Minority Conspiracy Behind Census Citizenship Question to Begin in Maryland

Jan 19, 2019 | Census, News Releases, Voting Rights

Greenbelt, MD – A federal trial will begin Tuesday in a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 Census.

MALDEF Statement on Federal Court Ruling Striking Down the Addition of a Citizenship Question to the 2020 Census

Jan 16, 2019 | Census, News Releases, Voting Rights

LOS ANGELES – Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund), issued the following statement in response to today’s federal court ruling vacating the Trump administration’s decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census and concluding that the addition of the question violates the Administrative Procedures Act (APA).

MALDEF Statement on Trump’s Nativist Speech Falsely Claiming ‘Crisis’ at Southern Border

Jan 9, 2019 | Immigrants' Rights, News Releases, Public Policy

LOS ANGELES – Please attribute the following statement on Donald Trump’s fear-mongering speech in response to an imaginary “crisis” at the southern border to Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund):

MALDEF STATEMENT ON GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN RESULTING FROM TRUMP’S TANTRUM OVER BORDER WALL

Dec 24, 2018 | Immigrants' Rights, News Releases, Public Policy

LOS ANGELES – Please attribute the following statement on the partial shutdown of the federal government resulting from Donald Trump’s petulant demand for an unnecessary wall along the southern border to Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund):

MARYLAND FEDERAL COURT REJECTS TRUMP ADMINISTRATION MOTION TO DISMISS CENSUS CITIZENSHIP QUESTION LAWSUIT

Dec 20, 2018 | Census, News Releases, Voting Rights

Washington, D.C. – A federal court today rejected the Trump Administration’s request to dismiss a lawsuit filed by civil rights organizations that challenges the addition of a citizenship question to Census 2020 on the grounds that it is discriminatory and motivated by racial animus.

LATINOS SUCCESSFULLY INTERVENE IN ALABAMA LAWSUIT THAT WOULD HAVE CERTAIN IMMIGRANTS TREATED AS NON-PERSONS UNDER CONSTITUTION

Dec 13, 2018 | Census, News Releases, Voting Rights

Montgomery, AL – Latino voters and a grassroots organization will be allowed to intervene as defendants in a lawsuit filed by the State of Alabama that seeks to exclude undocumented immigrants from the 2020 Census count of all persons in the United States, a federal court ruled today.

MALDEF ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF ANDREA SENTENO AS WASHINGTON, D.C. REGIONAL COUNSEL

Dec 13, 2018 | News Releases

Washington, D.C. – MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) announced the appointment today of Andrea Senteno as Regional Counsel for its Washington, D.C. office.

MALDEF ANNOUNCES 2017-2018 LAW SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS AND RELEASES 2018-2019 SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION

Dec 6, 2018 | News Releases

LOS ANGELES – MALDEF is pleased to announce the recipients in its 2017-2018 Law School Scholarship Program.

MALDEF STATEMENT ON TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL LAWSUIT AGAINST SAN ANTONIO FOR ALLEGED VIOLATIONS OF SB 4

Nov 30, 2018 | Immigrants' Rights, News Releases

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:

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