Texas Governor launches preemptive sanctuary-city lawsuit. MALDEF says it’s on!

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco (2 minute read)    Did you hear the one about the Governor who sued some of his state’s citizens because he thought they were going to […]

*MALDEF, changing U.S. Latino politics one battle, one victory at a time. VL By Mihir Zaveri, Houston Chronicle (2 minute read) A federal judge has denied Pasadena’s request to throw out a […]

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco Ten minutes can be eaither a blink or an eternity, and if that’s all the time you’ve got to make your case in the highest court in […]

*The State of Texas says it’s a state crime to harbor undocumented immigrants. MALDEF says that’s a federal responsibility so the Texas law violates the constitution’s Supremacy Clause. So MALDEF has […]

*This is important for Latinos students in Texas. This is the inequity in a nutshell: “In Texas, with the average school tax rate of $1 per $100 value of property, […]

*Anther article written by NewsTaco’s friend Raul Lomeli, published in Spanish in a Mexico City Newspaper. When it comes to Latino civil rights in the U.S., he says “sigue la yunta andando […]

*Exciting news coming out of Texas. VL By Gilbert Garcia, San Antonio Express News Marisa Bono is a likely candidate in an election that might not take place. Bono, a […]

PRESS RELEASE Court Holds The State’s Current System Unconstitutional; Ruling Details Gross Inequities and Failures of the System for Low Income and English Language Learner Children AUSTIN, TX – After more […]

*This is HUGE for Latinos students in Texas. Kudos and thanks to the lawyers at MALDEF, and to all who hand a hand in this victory.There’s more to come, a […]

*Since 2012 the U.S. Supreme Court has side-stepped the issue of harboring undocumented immigrants. That year SCOTUS struck down parts of Arizona’s sb1070, and that’s as far as it’s gone […]