SAN ANTONIO — When President Trump took office on Monday, he signed a barrage of executive orders, including one which attempts to end birthright citizenship for children of undocumented parents. The ...

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"DACA and work authorization should be available to those renewing and those newly applying for DACA in the 49 states other than Texas" Nearly thirteen years after it was announced, DACA will come to ...

The lawyer who’s advised Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on key policy issues for four years starts a new job today just six blocks from L.A. City Hall. KPCC’s Adolfo Guzman-Lopez has this ...

The Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund, or MALDEF, has appointed UC Davis law professor Leticia Saucedo as national senior counsel. She will be on partial leave from the law school as ...

If the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) gets its way, state Senate elections scheduled for March will be postponed until June, and California’s newly redrawn congressional ...

MALDEF lawsuit claims Stanislaus County maps dilute Latino voting strength. Only two Latinos have won office countywide in over 20 years despite growth. Editorial Board urges county to adopt ...

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On Saturday, December 12, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. Pacific, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) will host a news conference at the East LA Civic ...

A national Latino legal and civil rights organization has been going after financial institutions for allegedly implementing policies that discriminate against eligible DACA recipients by denying them ...