LOS ANGELES – One year ago today, a violent group of supporters of Donald J. Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol in an unprecedented attempt to undermine this nation’s democracy by preventing the lawful certification of a...
Read MoreCHICAGO – A federal court today upheld redistricting plans adopted by the Illinois General Assembly in September 2021. The three-judge panel’s decision comes two months after MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and...
Read MoreSACRAMENTO, Calif. – A national bank unlawfully denied bank services to a DACA recipient based solely on the individual’s immigration status, according to a federal lawsuit filed today. MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and...
Read MoreLOS ANGELES – Please attribute the following statement on today’s Biden Administration announcement of four judicial nominees to the United States District Court for the Central District of California to Thomas A. Saenz,...
Read MoreLOS ANGELES – MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) is proud to announce the recipients of its 2020-2021 Law School Scholarship Program. Since its founding in 1968, MALDEF has awarded scholarships to law...
Read MoreLOS ANGELES – Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund), issued the following statement honoring the service of LDF President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn...
Read MoreLOS ANGELES – The Biden administration on Wednesday announced more nominees to the federal bench, including three Latinas for district courts in California, Nevada, and New Jersey. Please attribute the following statement on...
Read MoreTUSTIN, Calif. – The City of Tustin on Monday changed its city council election system from at-large to district-based elections and adopted a four-district map that includes one district that will allow Latino residents to...
Read MoreCHICAGO – A federal court ruled today that state legislative redistricting plans adopted by the Illinois General Assembly and signed on June 4 by Gov. J.B. Pritzker are malapportioned and unconstitutional. The decision will...
Read MoreEL PASO, TEXAS – A Latino legal rights organization is suing Texas state officials over newly adopted redistricting maps that violate the federal Voting Rights Act and dilute the voting strength of Latino voters, according to a...
Read MoreCHICAGO – An Illinois redistricting plan approved by Gov. J.B. Pritzker is unconstitutional and violates the federal Voting Rights Act (VRA) of 1965, according to an updated lawsuit filed last week by a Latino civil rights...
Read MoreHOUSTON, TEXAS – A Latino civil rights organization and other attorneys representing DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) recipients are appealing the decision of a federal court in Texas ruling that the initiative is...
Read MoreLOS ANGELES – Today, President Joseph R. Biden announced a seventh slate of federal judicial nominees. Included in the nominations were three Latinos: Justice Gabriel P. Sanchez, nominated to the United States Court of Appeals...
Read MoreLOS ANGELES – MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) announced the appointment today of Leticia Marie Saucedo as a National Senior Counsel. Saucedo has spent more than a decade as a professor of law at the...
Read MoreCHICAGO – A Latino civil rights organization is suing a Cook County couple who reported a tenant to immigration officials after a rent dispute because he requested a repair in his apartment, according to a lawsuit filed in state...
Read MoreSAN ANTONIO – A voting bill that will make it harder for Texans, particularly voters of color, to cast their ballots is unconstitutional and violates federal voting rights law because it diminishes access to the ballot box,...
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