PHOENIX – A Latino civil rights organization is challenging an Arizona state law that could be used to remove U.S. citizens from voter rolls unlawfully, according to documents filed Monday in federal court. MALDEF (Mexican...
Read MoreLAS VEGAS – A Latino civil rights organization is suing a Nevada credit union for its discriminatory policy of denying financial services to certain immigrants because of their status. MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and...
Read MoreWASHINGTON, D.C. – MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) honored three esteemed Latino leaders in Washington, D.C. last week for their long service to civil rights and the Latino community. “The breadth...
Read MoreLAFAYETTE, Ind. – A Latino civil rights organization is suing an Indiana pig farm for federal minimum wage violations and breach of contract involving six women, according to court documents. MALDEF (Mexican American Legal...
Read MoreFAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – A federal court has ruled that a section of Arkansas’ election law that places limits on who may provide assistance to voters, including those who are not proficient in English, violates the federal Voting...
Read MoreLOS ANGELES – Please attribute the following statement about President Joe Biden’s recent nominations to the federal appeals courts to Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel, MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and...
Read MoreLOS ANGELES – California Gov. Gavin Newsom today announced the elevation of Justice Patricia Guerrero to Chief Justice of the state’s highest court. Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American...
Read MoreAUSTIN, TEXAS – According to court documents, a federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Texas Secretary of State to release records about a state program that claims to identify non-U.S. citizens on the voter rolls. In February,...
Read MoreLOS ANGELES – A Latino civil rights organization and co-counsel recently reached a settlement in two lawsuits filed against the U.S. government on behalf of transgender clients held in solitary confinement at a Georgia...
Read MoreLOS ANGELES – On August 19, 2021, Maria Jerez, represented by MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) filed an employment discrimination lawsuit against Revature LLC. Jerez is a recipient of Deferred Action...
Read MoreLOS ANGELES – Attorneys with MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) on Wednesday presented oral argument in Texas v. United States before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth...
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 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...
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