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MALDEF STATEMENT ON SUPREME COURT DECISION TO ALLOW ICE TO USE RACIAL PROFILING IN LOS ANGELES

Sep 8, 2025 | News Releases, Public Policy Freedom from Open and Obvious Bias and Racism, Public Policy Immigrants' Rights

LOS ANGELES – Today, the U.S. Supreme Court lifted court-ordered restrictions on immigration stops by federal agents in Los Angeles.

MALDEF REQUESTS EN BANC REHEARING IN ARKANSAS VOTING RIGHTS CASE

Sep 2, 2025 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases, Voting Rights

FAYETTEVILLE, ARK. – A Latino civil rights group is seeking an en banc review by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in a challenge to an Arkansas law that places a limit on who may assist voters at the polls, including those who are not proficient in English, according to papers filed last week.

MALDEF STATEMENT ON NINTH CIRCUIT DECISION IN WASHINGTON STATE REDISTRICTING CASE

Aug 28, 2025 | News Releases, Redistricting, Voting Rights

(SEATTLE)— The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday rejected appeals brought by three voters who attempted to overturn a federal district court’s ruling in Soto Palmer v. Hobbs, a case challenging Washington state’s Yakima Valley legislative map.

MALDEF SEEKS TO INTERVENE ON BEHALF OF STUDENTS TO DEFEND KENTUCKY TUITION POLICY

Aug 25, 2025 | Court Cases Education, Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases

FRANKFORT, KY – A Latino civil rights organization has filed a motion to intervene in a federal-government lawsuit seeking to eliminate the regular tuition rates paid by most students in Kentucky for students without lawful immigration status living in Kentucky, according to papers filed in federal court Friday. Kentucky is among four states whose duly-enacted tuition laws have now been challenged by the Trump administration.

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CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS CHALLENGED ABERCROMBIE & FITCH’S UNLAWFUL HIRING TACTICS ON BEHALF OF LATINO, BLACK AND ASIAN AMERICAN YOUTH

Apr 22, 2022

In the 1990s and the early 2000s, retailer Abercrombie & Fitch, was the hottest place for young people to shop and work. Ubiquitous in malls throughout the U.S., A&F presented a casual “all-American” look that felt exclusive. But that exclusivity was built on...

The Legal Fight to Protect The First Amendment Right of Day Laborers

Dec 13, 2021

MALDEF’s Thomas A. Saenz accompanies a group of day laborers during the height of the challenge to anti-solicitation ordinances enacted by cities in California.Workers who are hired by the day have long been part of the American labor force. In the 19th Century, they...

Celebrating a History of Women Leaders at MALDEF

Mar 28, 2021

Ambassador Vilma Martinez (left) Thomas A. Saenz (center) and Antonia Hernández (right). (Photo taken at MALDEF’s 50th Anniversary Gala in San Antonio, Texas.)As we near the conclusion of Women’s History Month, MALDEF celebrates its organizational history of women in...

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