A judge found that a pair of Chicago landlords violated Illinois state law when they threatened to call federal immigration authorities on former tenants.

A recent verdict in Los Angeles hopes to send a clear message that attacks on street vendors will not go unpunished and that ...

SAN ANTONIO - The Mexican-American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF) celebrated the lives and legacies of three Latino community leaders. On Saturday, MALDEF recognized Andrew Hernandez ...

You can contact Billal at [email protected]. According to the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), which filed the suit on behalf of the tenants, this marks the first ...

The district’s decision violates the California Constitution’s Equal Protection Clause, according to the suit filed last week by the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF). “PUSD ...

In Illinois, landlords are prohibited from wielding the threat of immigration enforcement as a weapon against their tenants,” said Susana Sandoval Vargas, MALDEF’s Midwest regional counsel.

"In Illinois, landlords are prohibited from wielding the threat of immigration enforcement as a weapon against their tenants," said Susana Sandoval Vargas of the Mexican American Legal Defense and ...

According to the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, better known as Maldef, this is the first case to reach a judgment under the Illinois Immigrant Tenant Protection Act of 2019.