MALDEF Issues Statement on End of Government Shutdown
January 22, 2018
January 22, 2018
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- The Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund issued the following statement by President and General Counsel Thomas A. Saenz on the Senate vote ending the federal government shutdown:
"In the last several days, we have seen a government shutdown engineered by the White House, and that shutdown then exploited to seek to drive a wedge between citizens and immigrants. And today we have seen elected legislative leaders capitulate to these embarrassin . . .
"In the last several days, we have seen a government shutdown engineered by the White House, and that shutdown then exploited to seek to drive a wedge between citizens and immigrants. And today we have seen elected legislative leaders capitulate to these embarrassin . . .