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Thomas A. Saenz
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MALDEF STATEMENT ON APPEALS COURT RULING ON DACA
NEW ORLEANS– A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a district judge’s ruling that parts of the Biden Administration’s 2022 DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) rule is unlawful. However, the three-judge panel allowed the DACA rule to go into effect nationwide except for Texas. The decision also left in place the lower court’s decision allowing current DACA recipients, even in Texas, to renew DACA while the case is on appeal.
MALDEF FILES CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST A FLORIDA CREDIT UNION FOR DISCRIMINATING AGAINST DACA RECIPIENT
MALDEF FILES LAWSUIT AGAINST MAN WHO POINTED GUN TO THREATEN MIGRANTS IN EL PASO
HECTOR VILLAGRA JOINS MALDEF AS VICE PRESIDENT OF POLICY ADVOCACY AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION
Our History
CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS CHALLENGED ABERCROMBIE & FITCH’S UNLAWFUL HIRING TACTICS ON BEHALF OF LATINO, BLACK AND ASIAN AMERICAN YOUTH
In the 1990s and the early 2000s, retailer Abercrombie & Fitch, was the hottest place for young people to shop and work. Ubiquitous in malls throughout the U.S., A&F presented a casual “all-American” look that felt exclusive. But that exclusivity was built on...
The Legal Fight to Protect The First Amendment Right of Day Laborers
MALDEF’s Thomas A. Saenz accompanies a group of day laborers during the height of the challenge to anti-solicitation ordinances enacted by cities in California.Workers who are hired by the day have long been part of the American labor force. In the 19th Century, they...
Celebrating a History of Women Leaders at MALDEF
Ambassador Vilma Martinez (left) Thomas A. Saenz (center) and Antonia Hernández (right). (Photo taken at MALDEF’s 50th Anniversary Gala in San Antonio, Texas.)As we near the conclusion of Women’s History Month, MALDEF celebrates its organizational history of women in...
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Prelinminary Report: Impact of Differential Privacy & the 2020 Census on Latinos, Asian Americans and Redistricting
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