Jun 2, 2021 | Court Cases Employment, News Releases
SEATTLE – Latino employees of the Clark County, Washington Public Works Department are subject to harassment and discrimination by supervisors and coworkers, according to a lawsuit filed today in federal court. MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational...
May 14, 2021 | News Releases, Public Policy, Public Policy Access to Justice
LOS ANGELES / NEW YORK – The White House this week announced its third slate of judicial nominations to serve as federal judges on district or appellate courts. The list of nominees includes just one Latino. Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF...
May 11, 2021 | News Releases
LOS ANGELES – MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) mourns the passing of pioneering civil rights attorney Cruz Reynoso last Friday The son of Mexican immigrants, Reynoso was born in Brea, California and spent summers working in the California...
May 11, 2021 | Census, News Releases, Redistricting
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund), and Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC released a comprehensive guide to redistricting, aimed at empowering Black, Latino, and Asian...
May 4, 2021 | Census, Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases
LOS ANGELES – A 2018 federal lawsuit filed by the State of Alabama and Congressman Mo Brooks that sought to exclude undocumented immigrants from the Census data used for reapportionment was dismissed on Monday. MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational...
