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.
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MALDEF Sues Marin County Housing Authority for Harassment and Unlawful Dismissal of Latino Employee
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MALDEF Files Motion To Dismiss Tucson Unified School District Appeal of Desegregation Ruling
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MALDEF Statement on Federal Court Ruling Striking Down the Addition of a Citizenship Question to the 2020 Census
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
MALDEF STATEMENT ON GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN RESULTING FROM TRUMP’S TANTRUM OVER BORDER WALL
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
LATINOS SUCCESSFULLY INTERVENE IN ALABAMA LAWSUIT THAT WOULD HAVE CERTAIN IMMIGRANTS TREATED AS NON-PERSONS UNDER CONSTITUTION
MALDEF ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF ANDREA SENTENO AS WASHINGTON, D.C. REGIONAL COUNSEL
MALDEF ANNOUNCES 2017-2018 LAW SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS AND RELEASES 2018-2019 SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION
MALDEF STATEMENT ON TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL LAWSUIT AGAINST SAN ANTONIO FOR ALLEGED VIOLATIONS OF SB 4
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:
