Immigrants’ rights advocates will argue critical case before the Supreme Court later this term. Courts have uniformly rejected President Trump’s attempts to strip away a core constitutional protection and blocked his birthright citizenship executive order ...
Today, the Trump Administration has deployed federal agents to New Orleans, Louisiana and has indicated National Guard troops will soon be deployed. This follows federal National Guard deployments in other states, including Washington D.C., Memphis, ...
The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) filed an amicus brief in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in District of Columbia v. Trump, urging the court to deny the Trump administration’s request to stay the District ...
Today, LDF issued a public comment strongly opposing the Department of Homeland Security’s proposal to expand the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements Program (SAVE). In the letter, LDF notes that any future changes should be ...
Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF), Tyler Bailey of Bailey Law Firm, LLC , and WilmerHale LLP filed an appeal in a federal civil rights lawsuit challenging a discriminatory law that censors the teaching of certain subjects related to racial ...
The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) mourns the loss of Bishop Reginald Jackson, who passed away on Nov. 25, 2025, at the age of 71. Bishop Jackson was the 132nd bishop elected to the African Methodist ...
The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) mourns the passing of Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest known survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. Known affectionately as “Mother Fletcher,” through a century-long pursuit of justice, she helped ...
