News Releases
ARIZONA CANNOT DENY DRIVER’S LICENSES TO IMMIGRANTS WITH DEFERRED ACTION, COURT RULES IN LAWSUIT FILED BY MALDEF, NILC
MALDEF STATEMENT ON TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S EFFORTS TO INCREASE DETENTION OF MIGRANT FAMILIES
MALDEF HONORS THREE EXEMPLARY LEADERS AT ANNUAL CHICAGO AWARDS GALA
MALDEF DECRIES ‘ZERO TOLERANCE’ TRAVESTY AND SEPARATION OF FAMILIES, CALLS FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF SESSIONS TO RESIGN
LOS ANGELES – Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund), released the following statement today on the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” immigration stance that has led to forced separation of families and horrific accounts of children being taken from their parents:
MALDEF SUES CITY OF PLACENTIA FOR BREACH OF 2016 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT TO SECURE LATINO VOTING RIGHTS
APPEALS COURT RULES CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS CAN INTERVENE IN FEDERAL LAWSUIT CHALLENGING THE CALIFORNIA VOTING RIGHTS ACT
ON 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ZOOT SUIT RIOTS, MALDEF PRESIDENT REFLECTS ON LESSONS FOR TODAY
MALDEF AND ADVANCING JUSTICE SUE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, CHALLENGING ADDITION OF CITIZENSHIP QUESTION TO 2020 CENSUS
LOS ANGELES – The Trump administration’s eleventh-hour decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census violates the U.S. Constitution because it is racially discriminatory and could result in a severe undercount of minorities, according to a federal lawsuit filed today by nearly two dozen groups and individuals.
CITY OF PLACENTIA COUNCIL MAP VIOLATES 2016 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT TO ENSURE LATINO VOTING RIGHTS, MALDEF WARNS
TRANS IMMIGRANT PETITIONS U.S. SUPREME COURT FOR CASE AGAINST DISCRIMINATORY INDIANA LAW TO BE HEARD
Census Citizenship Question is Unconstitutional
MALDEF STATEMENT ON EDUCATION SECRETARY’S ATTEMPT TO ROLL BACK REMARKS ON REPORTING STUDENTS TO ICE
MALDEF STATEMENT ON EDUCATION SECRETARY’S CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY ON ICE ENFORCEMENT AT SCHOOLS
CALIFORNIA SCHOOL OFFICIALS MAY NOT INDEFINITELY BAN PARENT FROM CHILD’S SCHOOL AS RETALIATION FOR FREE SPEECH OR WITHOUT OPPORTUNITY TO CONTEST
Sacramento, CA – In a ruling that recognizes the critical right of all parents to participate in their children’s education, a federal court today rejected Gustine, California school officials’ attempt to dismiss a Latina mother’s lawsuit challenging the school principal’s decision to ban her from campus after she sought to protect her son’s education. The court held that banning parents from school cannot be done in retaliation for exercise of free-speech rights. It further held that, under California law, no parental ban can extend beyond two weeks without providing the parent as chance at a hearing to contest the legitimacy of the ban.