LOS ANGELES – The U.S. Supreme Court in June held that the Texas Legislature’s 2013 redraw of House District 90 was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. House District 90 was challenged by MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) on behalf of the Texas Latino Redistricting Task Force and individual voters.
News Releases
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:
MALDEF to present oral argument on behalf of immigrant’s denied admission to University of Georgia System
Federal Court Defers Ruling on DACA
MALDEF Statement on New Mexico’s Intention to Appeal Ruling in Landmark Education Case
LOS ANGELES — The New Mexico Public Education Department has publicly stated that it intends to appeal a court ruling that the state has failed to live up to its constitutional obligation to provide a sufficient education to all students and must implement a remedial plan by next April. Please attribute the following statement to Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund):
MALDEF FILES NOTICE OF INTENT TO SUE DIGITAL SERVICES FIRM FOR EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION AGAINST NON-CITIZENS
MALDEF ASKS CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL TO INVESTIGATE KERN COUNTY D.A. CHARGES AGAINST LATINA SUPERVISOR
JUDGE RULES NEW MEXICO VIOLATED PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS’ CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO SUFFICIENT EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
Latinos Seek to Intervene in Alabama Lawsuit That Would Have Certain Immigrants Treated as Non-Persons Under Constitution
Lawsuit on 2020 Census Citizenship Question Updated to Include Native American Groups and Charge Government Conspiracy
LOS ANGELES – Native American groups have joined a lawsuit filed by attorneys representing Latino and Asian American plaintiffs alleging that the addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 Census was motivated by racial animus and will result in a severe undercount of minorities, according to civil rights attorneys.
MALDEF STATEMENT ON TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S ROLLBACK OF FEDERAL POLICY GUIDANCE ON CAMPUS DIVERSITY
LOS ANGELES – The federal government announced today that it has rescinded policy guidance issued by the Obama administration to foster diversity in elementary and secondary schools and on college campuses. Please attribute the following statement to Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund):
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL COUNSEL OF MALDEF
As Donald Trump passed 500 days in the White House earlier in June, the parameters of the administration’s approach to critical issues of concern to the Latino community have become even clearer. After 500 days, Trump has failed to nominate a single Latino to a federal court of appeals vacancy. After 500 days, Trump has continued regularly to demonize, with false facts and vile rhetoric, all immigrants, particularly Latino immigrants. After 500 days, Trump has embarked on a federal policy of violently separating minor children from their refuge-seeking parents in the name of “zero tolerance.” After 500 days, Trump seeks to expand family detention, an inhumane abomination, and continues to demand that United States taxpayers pay for an ineffective and unnecessary wall at the southern border. After 500 days, Trump still champions a discriminatory Muslim ban, securing a bare-majority Supreme Court ruling allowing the continued influence of bigotry in immigration policy, which has historically harmed Latinos more than anyone else. After 500 days, the Trump administration has proven to be the most anti-Latino presidential administration in our history.
MALDEF STATEMENT ON U.S. SUPREME COURT’S ANTI-LABOR DECISION
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.