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 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court in Dobbs v....
Read MoreSt. LOUIS, Mo. – Civil rights groups are suing Missouri state and local officials over a state election provision that disenfranchises voters with limited English proficiency or with disabilities who require assistance in...
Read MoreLOS ANGELES – Today, we mark a decade since the Obama administration announced the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) initiative that allows young immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children without documents...
Read MoreLOS ANGELES – Today marks the 40th anniversary Plyler v. Doe, of one our nation’s most consequential constitutional decisions and a singular achievement in the history of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational...
Read MoreFresno, CA – A Latino civil rights organization filed a federal class-action lawsuit today against a Central California credit union that unlawfully denied membership and a loan to a DACA recipient based on her immigration...
Read MoreCHICAGO – A Latino civil rights organization is suing a Chicago couple who threatened to report tenants to immigration officials after a rent dispute in violation of state law, according to a lawsuit filed in state court today....
Read MoreLOS ANGELES – Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) issued the following statement in response to yesterday’s horrific mass shooting that claimed the lives...
Read MoreLOS ANGELES – Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) issued the following statement in response to the Biden Administration’s latest slate of judicial...
Read MoreLOS ANGELES – Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund), issued the following statement in the aftermath of Saturday’s mass shooting in Buffalo, New York...
Read MoreLOS ANGELES – Yesterday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott offhandedly threatened to challenge Plyler v. Doe, a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling, secured by MALDEF attorneys, that ensures all children, including undocumented...
Read MoreLOS ANGELES – MALDEF mourns the passing of Michael A. Olivas, who died today in Santa Fe, New Mexico. A longtime supporter of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund), he served on the organization’s Board of...
Read MoreLOS ANGELES – MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) awarded community service awards to three esteemed leaders at its first Los Angeles gala since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The ceremony was...
Read MoreLOS ANGELES – This week the United States Senate began confirmation hearings on the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court. If confirmed, she would be the first Black woman to serve on the Court...
Read MoreSan Jose, CA – A Latino civil rights organization is suing a national credit union for unlawfully denying a car loan to a DACA recipient based on her immigration status, according to a federal lawsuit filed today. MALDEF...
Read MoreLOS ANGELES – President Joe Biden on Friday nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court. She was elevated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit last year, and is the first Black woman ever...
Read MoreLOS ANGELES – On Tuesday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom nominated Fourth District Court of Appeal Justice Patricia Guerrero to serve as an Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court. If confirmed, Guerrero would be the...
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