Public Policy
MALDEF promotes social change through our advocacy work in the areas of education, employment, immigrants’ rights and political access.
Education
ILLINOIS GOV. JB PRITZKER SIGNS BILL PROTECTING EQUAL ACCESS TO PUBLIC EDUCATION FOR IMMIGRANT STUDENTS
MALDEF ANNOUNCES 2023-2024 LAW SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS AND RELEASES 2024-2025 SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION
LOS ANGELES – MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) is proud to announce the recipients in its 2023-2024 Law School Scholarship Program. Since its founding in 1968, MALDEF has awarded scholarships to law students committed to furthering our mission of promoting and protecting the civil rights of the Latino community in the United States.
Employment
Voting Rights
Access to Justice
MALDEF Letter to the U.S. Senate opposing the “Laken Riley Act” as “misguided”
MALDEF STATEMENT ON THE NOMINATION OF TWO LATINAS TO FEDERAL COURTS OF APPEAL
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 President Biden’s nomination of two sitting judges to federal courts of appeals, including the first Latina to serve on the U.S Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
