News Releases
MALDEF Statement on Trump Administration’s Request for the Supreme Court to Rule on Equal Protection Census Lawsuit
Federal Appeals Court Remands Census Case to Maryland Judge to Decide Intentional Discrimination Claim
Judge Gives Green Light to Civil Rights Lawsuit Affecting 1 in 3 Californians
MALDEF Statement on Federal Court’s Full Opinion On Motion to Reconsider Census Ruling
LOS ANGELES – A federal court in Maryland today issued its opinion explaining its previously-issued response to a request by MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) to reconsider whether the Trump administration conspired with others to intentionally discriminate against Latinos and non-citizens when it added a citizenship question to the 2020 Census.
MALDEF Warns Camarillo Health Care District of California Voting Rights Act Violation
MALDEF Statement on Maryland Court Order in Census Lawsuit
WASHINGTON, D.C. – MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) issued the statements below in response to today’s ruling by U.S. District Judge George J. Hazel granting a plaintiffs’ motion to reconsider whether the Trump administration conspired with others to intentionally discriminate against Latinos and non-citizens when it added a citizenship question to the 2020 Census.
MALDEF Marks Anniversary of DACA By Urging U.S. Senate to Pass the Dream and Promise Act
LOS ANGELES – Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) issued the following statement today, marking the seventh anniversary of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), an initiative that allows undocumented youth to live, study and work in the U.S. MALDEF urges the U.S. Senate to adopt the American Dream and Promise Act of 2019. The measure would provide a pathway to citizenship for DACA recipients, and Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders and is crucial to the future of our nation:
CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS SEEK RECONSIDERATION OF CENSUS CITIZENSHIP QUESTION DISCRIMINATION RULING
GREENBELT, Md – Newly discovered evidence contradicts the Trump administration’s claims that it added a citizenship question to the 2020 Census simply to enforce the federal Voting Rights Act, and confirms that the purpose was to deprive Latinos of constitutionally protected political representation.
MALDEF Honors Latino Leaders at 2019 Chicago Gala
MALDEF Statement on Passing of Texas Attorney Luis A. Wilmot
Civil Rights Groups Submit Newly Discovered Incriminating Evidence to Court and Ask Court to Reconsider Ruling that Citizenship Question was Not Intended to Racially Discriminate
MALDEF Statement on Expedited Appeal in Census Lawsuit
MALDEF AND ALLIED WEALTH PARTNERS REACH AGREEMENT TO DISMISS EMPLOYMENT LAWSUIT
On April 5, 2018, MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) filed a lawsuit, on behalf of an individual job applicant work-authorized through DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals), which alleged that the plaintiff was denied the opportunity to compete for an employment position at Allied Wealth because he is a DACA holder. The action was filed as a potential class action on behalf of other work-authorized DACA recipients who may have been denied employment at Allied Wealth.
MALDEF Statement on AZ Attorney General’s Misguided Request in Motel 6 Settlement
LOS ANGELES – Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) issued the statement below in response to a brief filed by Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich asking that a federal court deny approval of a proposed settlement in a class-action lawsuit against Motel 6.