News Releases
MALDEF URGES CONGRESSIONAL ACTION ON WORKFORCE PRESERVATION BY PROTECTING IMMIGRANT YOUTH AND TPS HOLDERS
MALDEF STATEMENT ON STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS
MALDEF STATEMENT ON ARIZONA CONGRESSMAN’S CALL FOR IMMIGRATION RAID AT STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS
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 call by Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) for U.S. Capitol Police to carry out immigration enforcement actions at tonight’s State of the Union address:
MALDEF STATEMENT ON WHITE HOUSE IMMIGRATION PROPOSAL
Motel 6 Sued For Violating Rights Of Latino Guests
MALDEF STATEMENT ON ENDING GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN WITHOUT PROTECTIONS FOR IMMIGRANT YOUTH
Los Angeles, CA – Please attribute the following statement on the Senate vote ending the federal government shutdown without an agreement on the future of immigrant youth previously protected by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) initiative to Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund):
MALDEF STATEMENT ON GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN
MALDEF STATEMENT ON TRUMP’S RACIST COMMENTS
Los Angeles, CA – Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund), issued the following statement today, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, on Donald Trump’s recent racist comments: “How profoundly troubling that on this hard-fought national holiday honoring one of our nation’s greatest humanitarian leaders – in the year that will mark a half century since Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s tragic and premature death – our nation continues to grapple with a sitting president’s blatant and crass expression of racism a few days ago.
MALDEF STATEMENT ON U.S. SUPREME COURT DECISION TO HEAR CASE ON TEXAS HOUSE REDISTRICTING PLAN
MALDEF WARNS VICTOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA VOTING RIGHTS ACT VIOLATION
CLOSING BRIEFS FILED IN LANDMARK EDUCATION LAWSUIT AGAINST STATE OF NEW MEXICO
Santa Fe, NM – Attorneys from MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) and the New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty (the Center) have filed closing briefs for their consolidated lawsuit (Martinez v. State of New Mexico and Yazzie v. State of New Mexico) against the State of New Mexico for its failure to provide all public school students a sufficient education as mandated by the New Mexico Constitution.
MALDEF DENOUNCES TRUMP ADMINISTRATION DECISION TO END TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS FOR SALVADORAN IMMIGRANTS
Los Angeles, CA – Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund), issued the following statement today in response to the Trump Administration’s announcement that it will end temporary protected status (TPS) for more than a quarter of a million immigrants from El Salvador: