Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez, University of Texas journalism professor, has made a mark for herself with her books and advocacy of the Mexican American World War II veterans. Rivas-Rodriguez founded the ...

Thomas Saenz is the president and general counsel of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF). The Texas Legislature is keeping the Mexican American Legal Defense and ...

This isn’t the first Latino State of the State the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund has done in Arizona. According to MALDEF president and general counsel Thomas A. Saenz, the last ...

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Every once in a while, I hear of a situation in which a school district employee doesn’t know that children are entitled to a free K-12 public education in this country regardless of their immigration ...

A national Latino legal and civil rights organization has been going after financial institutions for allegedly implementing policies that discriminate against eligible DACA recipients by denying them ...

SAN ANTONIO — When President Trump took office on Monday, he signed a barrage of executive orders, including one which attempts to end birthright citizenship for children of undocumented parents. The ...

Martha Escutia (D-Whittier) represents the 30th District, and Gloria Romero (D-Los Angeles) represents the 24th District in the state Senate The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund’s ...

A new front in the fight surrounding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program is opening up, this time around employment. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ...

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