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Thomas A. Saenz
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MALDEF MIDWEST REGIONAL COUNSEL TO RUN FOR COOK COUNTY CIRCUIT JUDGE
CHICAGO – Griselda Vega Samuel, Midwest Regional Counsel for MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund), is taking an unpaid leave from her position at the organization effective January 12, 2024. She is doing so in order to run for Cook County...
MALDEF SUES CREDIT UNION FOR DISCRIMINATORY LENDING
A Latino civil rights organization filed a class-action lawsuit last week against a Central California credit union for unlawfully denying a loan to a DACA recipient on the basis of her immigration status instead of her credit-worthiness. MALDEF (Mexican American...
MALDEF STATEMENT ON THE DEATH OF HERMAN SILLAS
LOS ANGELES - MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) mourns the passing of Herman Sillas, a noted civil rights attorney and founding board member of MALDEF, who died at the age of 89 in November 2023. Sillas was not only involved in the initial...
MALDEF SUES OREGON CREDIT UNION FOR DISCRIMINATORY LENDING PRACTICES
Oakland, CA - A Latino civil rights organization filed a federal class-action lawsuit Friday against a credit union for unlawfully denying a home equity loan to a DACA recipient based on his immigration status. MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational...
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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