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FEDERAL COURT SENDS ILLINOIS REDISTRICTING MAPS TO REMEDIAL PROCEEDINGS

Oct 19, 2021 | News Releases, Redistricting, Voting Rights

CHICAGO – A federal court ruled today that state legislative redistricting plans adopted by the Illinois General Assembly and signed on June 4 by Gov. J.B. Pritzker are malapportioned and unconstitutional. The decision will lead to the federal court reviewing and adopting new maps to be used in the state.

MALDEF CHALLENGES TEXAS REDISTRICTING MAPS

Oct 18, 2021 | Census, News Releases, Redistricting, Voting Rights

EL PASO, TEXAS – A Latino legal rights organization is suing Texas state officials over newly adopted redistricting maps that violate the federal Voting Rights Act and dilute the voting strength of Latino voters, according to a lawsuit filed today.

MALDEF UPDATES ILLINOIS REDISTRICTING LAWSUIT TO INCLUDE FEDERAL VRA VIOLATION

Oct 5, 2021 | Census, News Releases, Redistricting, Voting Rights

CHICAGO – An Illinois redistricting plan approved by Gov. J.B. Pritzker is unconstitutional and violates the federal Voting Rights Act (VRA) of 1965, according to an updated lawsuit filed last week by a Latino civil rights group.

MALDEF STATEMENT ON APPEAL OF COURT RULING THAT DACA IS UNLAWFUL

Sep 10, 2021 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, DACA, News Releases

HOUSTON, TEXAS – A Latino civil rights organization and other attorneys representing DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) recipients are appealing the decision of a federal court in Texas ruling that the initiative is unlawful, according to papers filed in federal court today.

MALDEF Praises Hopeful Set of Federal Judicial Nominations

Sep 8, 2021 | News Releases, Public Policy, Public Policy Access to Justice

LOS ANGELES – Today, President Joseph R. Biden announced a seventh slate of federal judicial nominees. Included in the nominations were three Latinos: Justice Gabriel P. Sanchez, nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit; David Herrera Urias, nominated to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico, and Judge Hernán D. Vera, who is nominated to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

MALDEF APPOINTS LETICIA SAUCEDO AS NATIONAL SENIOR COUNSEL

Sep 7, 2021 | News Releases

LOS ANGELES – MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) announced the appointment today of Leticia Marie Saucedo as a National Senior Counsel.

CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATION SUES LANDLORD FOR CALLING ICE ON TENANT

Sep 3, 2021 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases

CHICAGO – A Latino civil rights organization is suing a Cook County couple who reported a tenant to immigration officials after a rent dispute because he requested a repair in his apartment, according to a lawsuit filed in state court today.

Civil Rights Organizations and an Election Official File Challenge to Texas Anti-Voter Legislation

Sep 3, 2021 | News Releases, Voting Rights

SAN ANTONIO – A voting bill that will make it harder for Texans, particularly voters of color, to cast their ballots is unconstitutional and violates federal voting rights law because it diminishes access to the ballot box, according to a lawsuit filed today in federal court.

MALDEF STATEMENT ON HOUSE PASSAGE OF H.R. 4

Aug 25, 2021 | News Releases, PP Voting Rights, Public Policy

WASHINGTON, D.C.– Andrea Senteno, Washington D.C. regional counsel at MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund), issued the following statement in response to yesterday’s vote by the U.S. House of Representatives to pass the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (H.R. 4):

TECH COMPANY SUED FOR DENYING JOBS TO DACA RECIPIENTS

Aug 19, 2021 | Court Cases Employment, Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, DACA, News Releases

BROOKLYN, N.Y. – A Latino civil rights group is suing a national technology company for unlawfully denying a DACA recipient employment because of her immigration status, according to a class-action lawsuit filed in federal court today.

Lawsuit Alleges COVID-19’s Disparate Impact on Latinos in California Partially Driven by Disinvestment in Medi-Cal

Aug 18, 2021 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases

ALAMEDA, Calif. — Long-term disinvestment and mismanagement of Medi-Cal helped set the stage for COVID-19’s devastating impact on Latinos, according to a supplemental complaint the Superior Court of California in Alameda County granted plaintiffs leave to file on August 16, 2021.

MALDEF STATEMENT ON CENSUS REDISTRICTING DATA

Aug 12, 2021 | Census, News Releases, PP Voting Rights, Public Policy, Public Policy Access to Justice, Redistricting

LOS ANGELES – The U.S. Census Bureau today released data to be used for redistricting by states and local jurisdictions. As expected, the Latino population makes up a dramatic component of national population growth; Latinos in the United States now exceed 62 million.

MALDEF STATEMENT ON PASSING OF LABOR LEADER RICHARD TRUMKA

Aug 5, 2021 | News Releases, Public Policy, Public Policy Employment

LOS ANGELES – Please attribute the following statement on the death of longtime AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka to Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund:

MALDEF ANNOUNCES NEW PROGRAM TO COMBAT OPEN BIAS AND RACISM ON ANNIVERSARY OF DEADLIEST HATE-MOTIVATED ATTACK ON LATINOS

Aug 3, 2021 | News Releases, Public Policy, Public Policy Access to Justice, Public Policy Freedom from Open and Obvious Bias and Racism, Public Policy Immigrants' Rights

LOS ANGELES – Two years after the deadliest hate-motivated attack on Latinos in the United States took place in El Paso Texas, MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) is launching a new initiative to combat bias and racism against Latinos.

Agreement Reached in Class Action Hiring Discrimination Case Brought By DACA recipient

Jul 30, 2021 | Court Cases Employment, Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, DACA, News Releases

MIAMI – David Rodriguez, a DACA recipient who applied for an internship at The Procter & Gamble Company, and P&G, have reached an agreement in Rodriguez v. P&G. The case sought to address P&G’s policy and practice of screening out non-U.S. citizens applicants unless they held a long-term work authorization.

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