News Releases
FEDERAL COURT STAYS TEXAS-LED CHALLENGE TO DACA
MALDEF HONORS LATINO LEADERS AT 2019 LOS ANGELES AWARDS GALA
JOINT REPORT PROVIDES ROADMAP FOR ADDRESSING SERIOUS VOTING RIGHTS ISSUES NATIONWIDE
MALDEF SUES HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE FOR DISCRIMINATORY DACA HIRING POLICY
MALDEF WARNS TEXAS SCHOOL DISTRICT TO ALLOW PARENT ACCESS
MALDEF WARNS TEXAS SCHOOL DISTRICT TO ALLOW PARENT ACCESS
MALDEF TESTIFIES BEFORE CONGRESS ON STRENGTHENING VOTING RIGHTS PROTECTIONS
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representatives of leading civil rights organizations testified in two U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee hearings yesterday about the need to expand and strengthen the federal Voting Rights Act (VRA) and to address other elections-related concerns. MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) President and General Counsel Thomas A. Saenz was among those testifying.
FEDERAL COURT STRIKES DOWN KEY ELEMENTS OF STARR COUNTY ELECTIONEERING RULE
MALDEF ANNOUNCES 2018-2019 LAW SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS AND RELEASES 2019-2020 SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION
MALDEF Statement on Filing of Cross-Claim in Alabama Reapportionment Case
MALDEF Statement on Passing of Legendary Mexican Singer José José
MALDEF Honors Latino Leaders at 2019 San Antonio Annual Awards Gala
MALDEF Files Amicus Brief with U.S. Supreme Court on Behalf of DACA Recipients
MALDEF Sues Trump Administration Over Citizenship Data Collection
GREENBELT, MD – The Trump administration’s plan to collect and provide incomplete citizenship data to the states for purposes of redistricting is an unconstitutional and racially discriminatory scheme intended to deprive Latinos and non-citizens of equal representation, according to a lawsuit filed Friday by civil rights organizations.