News Releases
A MALDEF SPURS ANTELOPE VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT TO MOVE TOWARD MORE INCLUSIVE ELECTIONS SYSTEM
A FEDERAL COURT TO HEAR MALDEF APPEAL ON SOUTH CAROLINA RULE BARRING HIGHER EDUCATION SUPPORT TO U.S. CITIZENS BASED ON PARENTS’ IMMIGRATION STATUS
MALDEF STATEMENT ON TEXAS’ REQUEST TO ALLOW SB 4 TO TAKE EFFECT IN AFTERMATH OF HURRICANE HARVEY
San Antonio, TX – Please attribute the following statement on Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s request to the United States Court of Appeal for the Fifth Circuit seeking to stay a federal district court’s injunction blocking implementation of Texas Senate Bill 4 (SB 4) to Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund):
MALDEF SUES ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY FOR RACE AND AGE DISCRIMINATION
A MALDEF STATEMENT ON TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ORDER RESCINDING DACA
MALDEF STATEMENT ON TENNESSEE DECISION NOT TO PURSUE A CHALLENGE TO DACA
LATINOJUSTICE AND MALDEF JOIN LDF AND THE ORDINARY PEOPLE SOCIETY IN LAWSUIT CHALLENGING THE PRESIDENT’S ELECTION INTEGRITY
Yesterday, Latino Justice PRLDEF and MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) joined the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) in challenging the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity. The amended complaint adds seven plaintiffs who seek to enjoin the Commission, which we contend was created to discriminate against voters of color.
MALDEF STATEMENT ON FEDERAL COURT DECISION TO BLOCK PORTIONS OF TEXAS SB 4
MALDEF ASKS ARIZONA SUPREME COURT TO HEAR APPEAL IN IN-STATE TUITION CASE
MALDEF, RAINBOW PUSH COALITION, CA SECRETARY OF STATE RESPOND TO TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S DISCRIMINATORY POLICIES
Los Angeles, CA – Civil rights groups and the California Secretary of State vowed Friday to work together to combat the Trump Administration’s efforts to suppress minority voting while also urging the White House to keep in place Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), a 2012 initiative that protects some young immigrants from deportation.
MALDEF STATEMENT ON TRUMP PARDON OF JOE ARPAIO
MALDEF STATEMENT ON FEDERAL COURT RULING ON TEXAS HOUSE REDISTRICTING PLAN
MALDEF STATEMENT ON TRUMP’S POTENTIAL PARDON OF SHERIFF JOE ARPAIO
Los Angeles, CA – Please attribute the following statement on Donald J. Trump’s visit to Arizona, and reports that he is considering a presidential pardon of disgraced former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio to Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund): “If Donald Trump were to pardon the infamous Joe Arpaio today, it would be the most naked pander to a shrinking and dubious political ‘base’ since… well, last Tuesday. Any presidential pardon is completely premature for the following reasons: