News Releases
MALDEF STATEMENT ON TEXAS FEDERAL COURT DACA RULING
MALDEF STATEMENT ON U.S. SUPREME COURT RULING IN VOTING RIGHTS CASE
MALDEF STATEMENT ON THE NOMINATION OF MYRNA PÉREZ TO THE SECOND CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS
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 President Biden’s nomination of Myrna Pérez to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and the paucity of Latino judges on the federal bench:
Federal Government Sued Over Intentional Cruelty at Georgia Immigration Center
MALDEF SUES ILLINOIS OVER REDISTRICTING PLAN THAT VIOLATES U.S. CONSTITUTION
CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATION SUES CLARK COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS OVER TREATMENT OF LATINO EMPLOYEES
Latino Legal Leaders Express More Concerns About Biden Administration Judicial Nominations
MALDEF STATEMENT ON THE PASSING OF LATINO CIVIL RIGHTS HERO CRUZ REYNOSO
Civil Rights Organizations Release Redistricting Guide to Support Black, Latino, and AAPI Communities’ Participation in Crucial Process
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund), and Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC released a comprehensive guide to redistricting, aimed at empowering Black, Latino, and Asian American communities, as well as other marginalized communities, to be actively engaged participants in one of the most important, once-a-decade events of American democracy.
MALDEF STATEMENT ON THE DISMISSAL OF ALABAMA APPORTIONMENT LAWSUIT
Civil Rights and Good Government Groups, Together with Linedrawing Experts, Decry Attempts to Use ACS Data as the Primary Basis for Redistricting
Washington, DC – Today, more than 55 civil and human rights groups and expert individuals released a statement to warn against inappropriate uses of data from the American Community Survey (ACS) for the purposes of redistricting. Led by Advancing Justice – AAJC, MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund), and National Conference on Citizenship, the statement urges line drawers to use decennial census data as the main source or base of total population for the purpose of drawing the final lines and to limit the use of ACS data to other appropriate redistricting purposes.
MALDEF SENDS LETTERS WARNING AGAINST COVID-19 VACCINE DISCRIMINATION
LOS ANGELES – A Latino civil rights organization warned California state health officials and a public university healthcare system that requiring – or even appearing to require — a social security number or other immigration status information for a COVID-19 vaccine appointment is a violation of state law, according to two letters sent Tuesday.