LOS ANGELES – Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund), issued the following statement reminding all Americans that Donald J. Trump’s claim of victory is false, and that the outcome of the 2020 presidential election can only be determined after a full count of all votes:
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MALDEF URGES SENATE TO VOTE AGAINST BARRETT NOMINATION TO U.S. SUPREME COURT
MALDEF STATEMENT OPPOSING JUDICIARY COMMITTEE VOTE TO CONFIRM SUPREME COURT NOMINEE AMY CONEY BARRETT
MALDEF 2020 Voting Guide
MALDEF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CALIFORNIA BALLOT MEASURES
MALDEF Ballot Guide 2020
MALDEF STATEMENT URGING SENATE TO WAIT UNTIL JANUARY 2021 TO VOTE ON SCOTUS CONFIRMATION
Testimony of Thomas A. Saenz President and General Counsel, MALDEF Before the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties of the House Committee on the Judiciary
Good morning. My name is Thomas A. Saenz, and I am president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund), which has, for over 52 years now, worked to promote the civil rights of all Latinos living in the United States. MALDEF is headquartered in Los Angeles, with regional offices in Chicago; San Antonio, where we were founded; and Washington, D.C. I appear before you remotely today from the city of Los Angeles.
MALDEF STATEMENT ON THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CHICANO MORATORIUM
LOS ANGELES – Fifty years ago, thousands of peaceful protesters took to the streets of East Los Angeles to draw attention to the disproportionately high number of Mexican Americans drafted and killed in the Vietnam War and the fight for Latino civil rights. The rally turned violent after police arrived. Those killed included journalist Ruben Salazar, who was covering the struggles facing the Latino community across the Southwest.
MALDEF STATEMENT ON WOMEN’S EQUALITY DAY AND 100th ANNIVERSARY OF THE 19th AMENDMENT
LOS ANGELES, CA – On Women’s Equality Day, the nation commemorates the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution granting women the right to vote. However, when the amendment was ratified 100 years ago, the same barriers – Jim Crow laws, English-only ballots, poll taxes, voter ID laws — that kept men of color from voting also applied to Latinas and Black women. It wasn’t until 1965 with the signing of the Voting Rights Act that prohibits voting discrimination based on race, color and national origin that Latinas and Black women began to experience real access to the ballot. In 1975, the VRA was extended to include protections for language-minorities, further protecting the right to vote for Latinas.
MALDEF STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO TRUMP’S COMMENTS SUGGESTING DELAY OF 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
MALDEF Statement Supporting Boycott of Goya Foods
MALDEF STATEMENT ON DEFEAT OF RACIST REP. STEVE KING IN IOWA PRIMARY
MALDEF STATEMENT ON NATIONAL CRISIS AND POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY
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 the current national crisis sparked by the murder of George Floyd, and the need for aggressive police reform measures to address the ongoing problem of police violence that disproportionately affects and kills Black Americans:
CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS CALL FOR DEFEAT OF CORY WILSON’S NOMINATION TO FIFTH CIRCUIT
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – National and state civil rights organizations today announced their vehement opposition to Senate confirmation of Cory Wilson to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Last week, the Senate announced it would move Donald Trump’s judicial nominations although millions of Americans are suffering from coronavirus and its impact.