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MALDEF wins judgment in case regarding state-issued identification for legal immigrants

As co-counsel with the Mexican American Legal Defense & Education Fund (MALDEF), litigation attorneys Pete Schenkkan, Tom Hudson, and Michelle Alcala yesterday won a Travis County District Court final judgment declaring invalid and enjoining enforcement of Texas Department of Public Safety rules and other directives under which DPS denied some legal immigrants Texas driver’s licenses and issued others non-standard licenses that resulted in discrimination.

Jul 28, 2011