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MALDEF CHALLENGES NEVADA CREDIT UNION POLICY DENYING CREDIT TO DACA RECIPIENTS

Sep 19, 2022 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, DACA, News Releases

LAS VEGAS – A Latino civil rights organization is suing a Nevada credit union for its discriminatory policy of denying financial services to certain immigrants because of their status.

MALDEF HONORS COMMUNITY LEADERS AT WASHINGTON, D.C. AWARDS BANQUET

Sep 15, 2022 | News Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) honored three esteemed Latino leaders in Washington, D.C. last week for their long service to civil rights and the Latino community.

MALDEF SUES INDIANA PIG FARM FOR LABOR VIOLATIONS

Aug 22, 2022 | Court Cases Employment, News Releases

LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A Latino civil rights organization is suing an Indiana pig farm for federal minimum wage violations and breach of contract involving six women, according to court documents.

FEDERAL COURT RULES ARKANSAS STATUTE ON VOTER ASSISTANCE VIOLATES FEDERAL VRA

Aug 22, 2022 | News Releases, Voting Rights

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – A federal court has ruled that a section of Arkansas’ election law that places limits on who may provide assistance to voters, including those who are not proficient in English, violates the federal Voting Rights Act.

MALDEF STATEMENT ON THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION’S LATEST JUDICIAL NOMINATIONS – STOP GOING BACKWARDS ON LATINO REPRESENTATION

Aug 12, 2022 | News Releases, Public Policy, Public Policy Access to Justice

LOS ANGELES – Please attribute the following statement about President Joe Biden’s recent nominations to the federal appeals courts to Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel, MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund):

MALDEF STATEMENT ON THE ELEVATION OF JUSTICE GUERRERO TO CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT

Aug 11, 2022 | News Releases, Public Policy, Public Policy Access to Justice

LOS ANGELES – California Gov. Gavin Newsom today announced the elevation of Justice Patricia Guerrero to Chief Justice of the state’s highest court.

TEXAS MUST TURN OVER RECORDS OF STATE VOTING PURGE PROGRAM TO VOTING RIGHTS GROUPS

Aug 4, 2022 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases, Voting Rights

AUSTIN, TEXAS – According to court documents, a federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Texas Secretary of State to release records about a state program that claims to identify non-U.S. citizens on the voter rolls.

MALDEF SETTLES TWO LAWSUITS AGAINST THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ON BEHALF OF TRANSGENDER DETAINEES

Jul 13, 2022 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases

LOS ANGELES – A Latino civil rights organization and co-counsel recently reached a settlement in two lawsuits filed against the U.S. government on behalf of transgender clients held in solitary confinement at a Georgia immigrant detention center.

MALDEF AND REVATURE LLC REACH CONFIDENTIAL RESOLUTION OF EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT

Jul 12, 2022 | Court Cases Employment, Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, DACA, News Releases

LOS ANGELES – On August 19, 2021, Maria Jerez, represented by MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) filed an employment discrimination lawsuit against Revature LLC. Jerez is a recipient of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). The suit alleged that Jerez was denied the opportunity to compete for an employment position at Revature because of her immigration status.

MALDEF STATEMENT ON DACA APPEAL

Jul 7, 2022 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, DACA, News Releases

LOS ANGELES – Attorneys with MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) on Wednesday presented oral argument in Texas v. United States before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans.

MALDEF STATEMENT DENOUNCING SCOTUS RULING OVERTURNING ROE v. WADE

Jun 24, 2022 | News Releases, Public Policy, Public Policy Access to Justice

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 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, overturning Roe v. Wade, the 1973 landmark decision that established the constitutional right to reproductive choice that has been in place for nearly 50 years:

CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS CHALLENGE MISSOURI VOTING RESTRICTIONS IN COURT

Jun 22, 2022 | News Releases, Voting Rights

St. LOUIS, Mo. – Civil rights groups are suing Missouri state and local officials over a state election provision that disenfranchises voters with limited English proficiency or with disabilities who require assistance in casting a ballot.

MALDEF STATEMENT ON THE 10th ANNIVERSARY OF DACA

Jun 16, 2022 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, DACA, News Releases

LOS ANGELES – Today, we mark a decade since the Obama administration announced the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) initiative that allows young immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children without documents to remain here and obtain renewable work visas.

MALDEF STATEMENT ON THE 40th ANNIVERSARY OF PLYLER v. DOE

Jun 15, 2022 | Court Cases Education, Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases, Plyler v. Doe, Public Policy, Public Policy Education, Public Policy Immigrants' Rights

LOS ANGELES – Today marks the 40th anniversary Plyler v. Doe, of one our nation’s most consequential constitutional decisions and a singular achievement in the history of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund).

CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATION SUES LANDLORD FOR THREATENING TO CALL ICE ON TENANTS

May 31, 2022 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases

CHICAGO – A Latino civil rights organization is suing a Chicago couple who threatened to report tenants to immigration officials after a rent dispute in violation of state law, according to a lawsuit filed in state court today.

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