2020 Census

MALDEF STATEMENT ON NEW FEDERAL STANDARDS FOR COLLECTING DATA ON RACE AND IDENTITY

Mar 28, 2024

LOS ANGELES – The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) announced today a new directive to the 2030 Census and other forms that will introduce a combined race and ethnicity question.

MALDEF STATEMENT ON AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION’S ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION SUPPORTING COMPLETE APPORTIONMENT COUNT

Feb 15, 2022

LOS ANGELES – The American Bar Association (ABA) House of Delegates yesterday approved a resolution urging federal agencies to “follow laws and adopt policies to ensure that all persons in each state, regardless of immigration status, are included in the apportionment count used to redistribute seats in the United States House of Representatives following each decennial census.” The resolution was presented to the House of Delegates by MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) President and General Counsel Thomas A. Saenz, who is a member of the ABA Coalition on Racial and Ethnic Justice.

MALDEF CHALLENGES TEXAS REDISTRICTING MAPS

Oct 18, 2021

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

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 CENSUS REDISTRICTING DATA

Aug 12, 2021

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 SUES ILLINOIS OVER REDISTRICTING PLAN THAT VIOLATES U.S. CONSTITUTION

Jun 11, 2021

CHICAGO – The Illinois legislature’s decision to direct elections officials to use legislative redistricting plans that rely on population estimates rather than decennial Census data is unconstitutional, according to a federal-court lawsuit filed late Thursday.

Civil Rights Organizations Release Redistricting Guide to Support Black, Latino, and AAPI Communities’ Participation in Crucial Process

May 11, 2021

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

May 4, 2021

LOS ANGELES – A 2018 federal lawsuit filed by the State of Alabama and Congressman Mo Brooks that sought to exclude undocumented immigrants from the Census data used for reapportionment was dismissed on Monday.

Civil Rights and Good Government Groups, Together with Linedrawing Experts, Decry Attempts to Use ACS Data as the Primary Basis for Redistricting

Apr 29, 2021

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.

Civil Rights Groups Issue New Report Detailing Potential Harm to Upcoming Redistricting Efforts

Apr 5, 2021

Washington, D.C. – Civil rights groups are raising concerns about the accuracy of the U.S. Census Bureau’s proposed new system for protecting privacy in a report released today.

CENSUS 2020 INFORMATION