News Releases
CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS SUE LAS VEGAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY OVER UNLAWFUL DETAINER POLICY
MALDEF STATEMENT ON TRUMP’S THREAT TO VETO SPENDING BILL OVER DACA PROVISION
LOS ANGELES – The Washington Post today reported that Trump administration officials threatened to shut down the federal government last month over a dispute about a provision in a year-end spending bill that would have allowed immigrants who are authorized to work under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) to obtain jobs on Capitol Hill.
MALDEF EXPANDS CHALLENGE TO TEXAS SB4 “SANCTUARY CITIES” LAW
FEDERAL APPEALS COURT DISMISSES CHALLENGE TO THE CALIFORNIA VOTING RIGHTS ACT
FEDERAL COURT STAYS TEXAS-LED CHALLENGE TO DACA
MALDEF HONORS LATINO LEADERS AT 2019 LOS ANGELES AWARDS GALA
JOINT REPORT PROVIDES ROADMAP FOR ADDRESSING SERIOUS VOTING RIGHTS ISSUES NATIONWIDE
MALDEF SUES HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE FOR DISCRIMINATORY DACA HIRING POLICY
MALDEF WARNS TEXAS SCHOOL DISTRICT TO ALLOW PARENT ACCESS
MALDEF WARNS TEXAS SCHOOL DISTRICT TO ALLOW PARENT ACCESS
MALDEF TESTIFIES BEFORE CONGRESS ON STRENGTHENING VOTING RIGHTS PROTECTIONS
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representatives of leading civil rights organizations testified in two U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee hearings yesterday about the need to expand and strengthen the federal Voting Rights Act (VRA) and to address other elections-related concerns. MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) President and General Counsel Thomas A. Saenz was among those testifying.