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Lawsuit Alleges COVID-19’s Disparate Impact on Latinos in California Partially Driven by Disinvestment in Medi-Cal

Aug 18, 2021 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases

ALAMEDA, Calif. — Long-term disinvestment and mismanagement of Medi-Cal helped set the stage for COVID-19’s devastating impact on Latinos, according to a supplemental complaint the Superior Court of California in Alameda County granted plaintiffs leave to file on August 16, 2021.

MALDEF STATEMENT ON CENSUS REDISTRICTING DATA

Aug 12, 2021 | Census, News Releases, PP Voting Rights, Public Policy, Public Policy Access to Justice, Redistricting

LOS ANGELES – The U.S. Census Bureau today released data to be used for redistricting by states and local jurisdictions. As expected, the Latino population makes up a dramatic component of national population growth; Latinos in the United States now exceed 62 million.

MALDEF STATEMENT ON PASSING OF LABOR LEADER RICHARD TRUMKA

Aug 5, 2021 | News Releases, Public Policy, Public Policy Employment

LOS ANGELES – Please attribute the following statement on the death of longtime AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka to Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund:

MALDEF ANNOUNCES NEW PROGRAM TO COMBAT OPEN BIAS AND RACISM ON ANNIVERSARY OF DEADLIEST HATE-MOTIVATED ATTACK ON LATINOS

Aug 3, 2021 | News Releases, Public Policy, Public Policy Access to Justice, Public Policy Freedom from Open and Obvious Bias and Racism, Public Policy Immigrants' Rights

LOS ANGELES – Two years after the deadliest hate-motivated attack on Latinos in the United States took place in El Paso Texas, MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) is launching a new initiative to combat bias and racism against Latinos.

Agreement Reached in Class Action Hiring Discrimination Case Brought By DACA recipient

Jul 30, 2021 | Court Cases Employment, Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, DACA, News Releases

MIAMI – David Rodriguez, a DACA recipient who applied for an internship at The Procter & Gamble Company, and P&G, have reached an agreement in Rodriguez v. P&G. The case sought to address P&G’s policy and practice of screening out non-U.S. citizens applicants unless they held a long-term work authorization.

Class-Action DACA Lawsuit Against Discover Bank is Expanded

Jul 27, 2021 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, DACA, News Releases

SAN FRANCISCO – A class-action lawsuit challenging a national bank’s policy of denying loans to DACA recipients and other immigrants because of their immigration status is being expanded, according to documents filed in federal court last week.

MALDEF STATEMENT ON TEXAS FEDERAL COURT DACA RULING

Jul 17, 2021 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, DACA, News Releases

HOUSTON, Texas – A federal judge in Texas today ruled that Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is unlawful, but allowed it to continue for current recipients.

MALDEF STATEMENT ON U.S. SUPREME COURT RULING IN VOTING RIGHTS CASE

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 restrictions.

MALDEF STATEMENT ON THE NOMINATION OF MYRNA PÉREZ TO THE SECOND CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS

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, and the paucity of Latino judges on the federal bench:

Federal Government Sued Over Intentional Cruelty at Georgia Immigration Center

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 SUES ILLINOIS OVER REDISTRICTING PLAN THAT VIOLATES U.S. CONSTITUTION

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.

CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATION SUES CLARK COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS OVER TREATMENT OF LATINO EMPLOYEES

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.

Latino Legal Leaders Express More Concerns About Biden Administration Judicial Nominations

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.

MALDEF STATEMENT ON THE PASSING OF LATINO CIVIL RIGHTS HERO CRUZ REYNOSO

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

Civil Rights Organizations Release Redistricting Guide to Support Black, Latino, and AAPI Communities’ Participation in Crucial Process

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 American communities, as well as other marginalized communities, to be actively engaged participants in one of the most important, once-a-decade events of American democracy.

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