A Latino civil rights organization can intervene in a lawsuit by the city of Huntington Beach challenging California’s sanctuary law.
In April, MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) filed its motion to intervene as a defendant on behalf of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON), which advocates for laws that improve the lives of day laborers, migrants, and low-wage workers. On Wednesday, U.S. District Court Judge Sunshine S. Sykes of the Central District of California allowed NDLON to intervene, saying the rescission of the California Values Act (CVA), also known as the state’s “sanctuary law”, would affect “undocumented residents of California far more severely than the public or the State.”
The court will hold a hearing on Aug. 29 on the State’s motion to dismiss Huntington Beach’s complaint…