Jul 1, 2021 | News Releases, PP Voting Rights, Public Policy, Voting Rights
LOS ANGELES – Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) issued the following statement in response to today’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Brnovich v DNC that upholds certain of Arizona’s voting...
Jun 24, 2021 | PP Voting Rights, Public Policy, Public Policy Access to Justice, Redistricting
Good morning. My name is Thomas A. Saenz, and I am president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund), which has, for 53 years now, worked to promote the civil rights of all Latinos living in the United States. MALDEF is...
Jun 15, 2021 | News Releases, Public Policy, Public Policy Access to Justice
LOS ANGELES – Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) issued the following statement in response to President Biden’s nomination of Myrna Pérez to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit,...
Jun 11, 2021 | Court Cases Access to Justice, Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases
LOS ANGELES – A transgender immigrant held in solitary confinement for approximately seven months at a Georgia immigration detention center that is under investigation for abuse is suing the federal government. MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational...
Jun 11, 2021 | Census, News Releases, Redistricting, Voting Rights
CHICAGO – The Illinois legislature’s decision to direct elections officials to use legislative redistricting plans that rely on population estimates rather than decennial Census data is unconstitutional, according to a federal-court lawsuit filed late Thursday. MALDEF...