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MALDEF MOURNS THE PASSING OF CIVIL RIGHTS ICON DOLORES HUERTA

Oct 28, 2026 | Press Releases And Other Statements

LOS ANGELES— Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farm Workers, and longtime civil rights activist, died Wednesday. She was 96.

MALDEF ANNOUNCES 2026 LAW SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS AND RELEASES 2027 SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION

Oct 28, 2026 | Press Releases And Other Statements

LOS ANGELES— MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) is proud to announce the scholarship recipients for its 2026 Law School Scholarship Program. Since its founding in 1968, MALDEF has awarded scholarships to law students committed to serving the...

MALDEF AND NEW JERSEY DEFENDANTS RESOLVE LAWSUIT

Oct 21, 2026 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, DACA, Press Releases And Other Statements

Khrysta De Guzman, a recipient of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), challenged a denial of housing in New Jersey; this matter was solved to the parties' satisfaction.

TheDream.US, MALDEF, and Presidents’ Alliance Detail Coordinated Federal Attacks on Dreamers’ Access to Tuition Equity

Oct 7, 2026 | Court Cases Education, Press Releases And Other Statements, Tuition

New joint report details challenging state tuition-equity policies and impacts on Dreamer students, colleges, and states.

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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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