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Title VII of the Civil Rights Act: Fulfilling the Promise of Equal Opportunity

People of color, women, LGBTQ people, immigrants, people with disabilities, and people from various faith traditions have been at the forefront of the long march toward civil rights and equality in the U.S. A significant part of this struggle has been the fight to be free from discrimination in emp…

Unpacking Title 42 with Thomas Saenz

Title 42, a decades old and rarely used public health order used to bar people with medical conditions from entering the country, revived by the Trump administration, enables immigration authorities to swiftly expel migrants to Mexico or their home countries. The enforcement of the policy, which al…

#29 The Secret Reason Cuban & Mexican "Illegals" are Treated Differently.

Florida's Lieutenant Governor, Jeanette Núñez declared recently that undocumented Cubans in Florida were considered “illegals” and should all be sent to Delaware.  The following day, Florida’s Governor Desantis refuted her statement and said that undocumented Cubans were considered refugees and wou…

Analyzing NM Bill to Protect Reproductive and Gender-affirming Care & Yazzie-Martinez Update

New Mexico in Focus Senior Producer Lou DiVizio updates some of the top headlines in our state, including the cancellation of NMSU's men's basketball season.  Then, NMiF Political Correspondent Gwyneth Doland takes us inside the Roundhouse for insight on HB7, which would guarantee reproductive and…

Ep 82 Thomas Saenz, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund

Send us Fan Mail Thomas Saenz is the president and general counsel of MALDEF, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund. He joins the Chino Y Chicano to explain why the civil  rights organization plans  to open a Seattle office this year. Saenz also talks about the growth of the Latin…

Daily Dispatch 10/14/24: Pivotal Anti-Choice Lawsuit Fails, and More

Stories we're following this morning: A lawsuit filed by a Texas man against three women who helped his ex-wife acquire abortion medication, backed by notorious anti-abortion activist attorney Jonathan Mitchell, has been dropped: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/12/us/texas-lawsuit-friends-abortion…

The 2020 Census: What's at Stake

Every ten years, the federal government conducts the census of all people in the United States. The stakes are extraordinarily high, particularly in light of the push to include questions about citizenship. The tally determines everything from the allocation of congressional seats and the shape of …

Stephanie Ruhle and Tom Saenz: Why Aren't People Freaking Out?

If Zohran Mamdani, as NYC mayor-elect, held a dinner with finance bros and threatened them with a huge wealth tax if they didn't sweet-talk him and say how much they agreed with his political vision, the Wall Street community would freak out. Yet, this version of a shakedown is *really* happening a…

MALDEF President Thomas Saenz Speaks About the Agenda Behind the Raids

MALDEF (The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) President and General Counsel, Thomas Saenz discusses his thoughts about why we are seeing a targeted effort to remove Latinos from the US. It's not just the deportation raids but a systematic approach to marginalize and disenfranchis…

226. Thomas Saenz on MALDEF’s Advocacy Against Racial Profiling, Voting Rights Rollbacks, and Diminishment of the Rule of Law

Angela Reddock-Wright sits down with attorney Thomas Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF — the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund — for a sweeping conversation regarding MALDEF’s work on the frontlines of civil rights litigation in 2026. Saenz traces MALDEF's 58-year his…