Organization Statement in Advance of Trump Press Conference FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, D.C. — July 11, 2019 — President Donald Trump is expected to hold a press conference shortly to announce his next steps in pursuit of adding the citizenship question to the 2020 Census. Some news reports claim that he will not ask the U.S. Justice Department […]
PRESS STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE DISTRIBUTION July 11, 2019 (LOS ANGELES) – Donald J. Trump announced this morning on Twitter that he will be making a statement about the administration’s continuing attempt to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census. The administration cannot circumvent the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling late last month and federal court […]
(LOS ANGELES) – A federal judge in Maryland held a telephonic conference today following the president’s tweet that is at odds with the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling and the federal government’s own statement to the court indicating the Trump administration would be moving forward with Census 2020 without a citizenship question. During today’s hearing, U.S. […]
NALEO Educational Fund lauds victory for democracy, will mobilize Latinos for a complete count Decision to proceed with printing Census 2020 questionnaire without citizenship question comes days following Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision to temporarily halt question Washington, D.C. – The National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund today released a statement from CEO Arturo Vargas following […]
Georgia DDS Retains Government Documents from Puerto Rico, Detains Applicants Presenting the Documents and Fails to Issue Them Driver’s Licenses FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 2nd, 2019 (Atlanta, GA) – Today, LatinoJustice PRLDEF and the Southern Center for Human Rights (SCHR) filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of named-Plaintiff Kenneth Caban Gonzalez, a US citizen […]
Shayla Rodriguez As Lorenzo continuously cries in his room, his right-hand wraps around his body and his left-hand covers up his mouth so his mom can’t hear him. Every time Lorenzo would cry, his father, Rogelio, would call him dramatic, but neither his mother nor his father knew that crying was one of the ways […]
5-4 decision has halted the citizenship question from moving forward, sending the case back down to the lower court for further consideration NALEO Educational Fund’s toll-free bilingual census hotline—877-EL-CENSO (877-352-3676)—will be in full operation to answer questions from the Latino community Washington, D.C. – The National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund today released […]
(LOS ANGELES) – The U.S. Supreme Court today required the Trump administration to go back and provide an adequate public justification for adding a citizenship question to Census 2020. The ruling calls into serious doubt whether the citizenship question can remain, especially because a meritorious claim of unconstitutional racial intent moves forward in MALDEF’s challenge […]
Francesca Burke 26 de junio de 2019 La semana del 26 de mayo la Administración Trump propuso un arancel del 5% a todas las importaciones mexicanas a menos que el Gobierno mexicano pueda demostrar que está tomando medidas concretas para reducir el flujo de inmigrantes indocumentados a través de la frontera. El lunes, el gobierno […]
Jun 25, 2019 | Census, Media, News Releases LOS ANGELES – The U.S. Department of Justice today sent a letter to the U.S. Supreme Court asking the justices to rule on the Equal Protection claim currently before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth District and a district court in Maryland. The Trump administration’s request, seeking disposition of the […]
