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Do documentary proof of citizenship laws stop a lot of illegal voting or suppress the votes of eligible voters? How have such laws been implemented in the state of Arizona and elsewhere? What are the prospects for passage of the SAVE Act, which would bring such laws to the nation as a whole? On season 6, Episode 6 of the ELB Podcast, we speak with Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes, The Cato Institute's Walter Olson, and Nina Perales of MALDEF.

The American Democracy Minute Radio Report & Podcast for Dec. 16, 2024Brian is gone today.  The current climate suggests that further VRA destruction is imminent, so expect pro-democracy states who've not already implemented state VRAs to act rapidly in 2025.With the SCOTUS Majority Intent on Dismantling the Voting Rights Act, Pro-Democracy States are Enacting State VRAsWe reported recently on the impact of Shelby County v. Holder, the U.S. Supreme Court majority's decision invalidating Section 5 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.  Anticipating even more erosion of the VRA, some states have passed their own state VRAs. Today's LinksArticles & Resources:NAACP Legal Defense Fund - State Voting Rights Acts Provide Critical Protections to Black Voters and Other Voters of ColorCampaign Legal Center - Protecting the Freedom to Vote Through State Voting Rights ActsCenter for American Progress - The Protection of Voting Rights Requires State ActionState of Oregon via Casetext - Text of the Oregon Voting Right ActState of Connecticut - Text of the Connecticut Voting Rights ActNAACP Legal Defense Fund - Proposed Harry T. and Harriette V. Moore Voting Rights Act of Florida (FLVRA)NAACP Legal Defense Fund - The Proposed New Jersey Voting Rights Act (NJVRA)Democracy Docket - Several States Look To Pass Their Own Voting Rights ActsGroups Taking Action:NAACP Legal Defense Fund, ACLU,  Campaign Legal Center, MALDEF, Voters Not PoliticiansPlease follow us on Facebook and Twitter and SHARE!  Find all of our reports at AmericanDemocracyMinute.orgWant ADM sent to your email?  Sign up here!Are you a radio station?  Find our broadcast files at Pacifica Radio Network's Audioport and PRX#Democracy  #DemocracyNews #VotingRightsAct #StateVRA #FreedomtoVote

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-pills.html A longstanding effort by an Andrews County nuclear waste storage facility to ship even more highly toxic waste into Texas from long distances has made it to the U.S. Supreme Court: https://www.texastribune.org/2024/10/09/us-supreme-court-west-texas-nuclear-waste-plan/ At the behest of Governor Abbott, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has removed a federal judge from a class action lawsuit that the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services has failed to abide for almost a decade: https://lawandcrime.com/judiciary/must-be-removed-fifth-circuit-bounces-clinton-appointed-judge-from-long-running-texas-foster-care-system-abuse-case-after-greg-abbott-asks-for-her-removal/ Thomas Saenz, president of MALDEF, compares Ken Paxton's voter suppression tactics in South Texas to similar moves made by foreign authoritarian dictators: https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2024/10/14/paxtons-tactics-in-texas-undermine-our-electoral-democracy/ ...Even right-leaning experts agree that non-citizen voting, the latest boogeyman of the Trump Party, is a largely non-existent problem: https://abcnews.go.com/US/protecting-vote-south-texas-myth-noncitizen-voting-takes/story?id=114729639 The documentary Zurawski V Texas has won the inaugural Artemis Rising Foundation Award for Social Impact at the Hamptons Film Festival: https://variety.com/2024/film/news/zurawski-v-texas-abortion-documentary-artemis-rising-foundation-award-hamptons-film-festival-1236175574/ The Ted Cruz/Colin Allred debate on Tuesday night will be carried by TEGNA-owned TV stations across Texas, and also via the WFAA app: https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/ted-cruz-colin-allred-debate-texas-us-senate-election-tv-wfaa/287-7e425e4a-0ccb-49b8-a817-8e9205960212 Our annual holiday fundraising parties approach! We'll be gathering both in Dallas and Austin this December, and there are sponsorship opportunities available: ⁠⁠https://act.progresstexas.org/a/progress-texas-holiday-parties-2024⁠⁠ See Progress Texas' analysis of Project 2025, and what it will mean for Texas should it be enacted: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://progresstexas.org/blog/project-2025-vs-progress-2025⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ...And a complete guide to Project 2025 from Media Matters: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.mediamatters.org/heritage-foundation/guide-project-2025-extreme-right-wing-agenda-next-republican-administration⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ...Please pitch in to help fund our recent expansion of that important voting resource with Hindi, Mandarin Chinese and Vietnamese translation: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://progresstexas.org/blog/coming-soon-govotetexasorg-adds-commonly-spoken-languages-increase-ballot-access⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Thanks for listening! Find our web store and other ways to support our important work this election year at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://progresstexas.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

The American Democracy Minute Radio Report & Podcast for June 27, 2024The SCOTUS Majority is Bent on Dismantling the Voting Rights Act.  Lacking Federal Protection, Pro-Democracy States are Enacting State VRAsWe reported recently on the impact of Shelby County v. Holder, the U.S. Supreme Court majority's decision invalidating Section 5 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.  Anticipating even more erosion of the VRA, some states have passed their own state VRAs. To view the whole script of today's report, please go to our website.Today's LinksArticles & Resources:NAACP Legal Defense Fund - State Voting Rights Acts Provide Critical Protections to Black Voters and Other Voters of ColorCampaign Legal Center - Protecting the Freedom to Vote Through State Voting Rights ActsCenter for American Progress - The Protection of Voting Rights Requires State ActionState of Oregon via Casetext - Text of the Oregon Voting Right Act State of Connecticut - Text of the Connecticut Voting Rights ActNAACP Legal Defense Fund - Proposed Harry T. and Harriette V. Moore Voting Rights Act of Florida (FLVRA)NAACP Legal Defense Fund - The Proposed New Jersey Voting Rights Act (NJVRA)Democracy Docket - Several States Look To Pass Their Own Voting Rights Acts Groups Taking Action:NAACP Legal Defense Fund, ACLU,  Campaign Legal Center, MALDEF, Voters Not Politicians Please follow us on Facebook and Twitter and SHARE!  Find all of our reports at AmericanDemocracyMinute.orgWant ADM sent to your email?  Sign up here!Are you a radio station?  Find our broadcast files at Pacifica Radio Network's Audioport and PRX#Democracy  #DemocracyNews #VotingRightsAct #StateVRA #MDVRA #MIVRA #FLVRA #NJVRA

MALDEF Lawyer Ernest Herrera talks to the JesseGarciaShow.com about protecting the Latino vote and representation in elected offices. Anti-Latino rhetoric motivated him to get into law. Listen to him slay in the courts! Hear our conversation on Audible, Amazon, iTunes, Spotify & Soundcloud

  To understand the long and twisted journey to the Supreme Court's chilling decision to dismantle affirmative action in higher education and its implications, you cannot do better than to ask civil rights champion and self-described optimist John Yang. As president and executive director of Asian Americans Advancing Justice, John has navigated the drumbeat to defeat affirmative action for years and a devastating rise in anti-Asian hate crimes since the emergence of Covid-19. AAJC employs a range of strategies, from education to litigation and policy advocacy to advance the rights of Asian Americans and all communities of color. John points out that the case brought before SCOTUS by white nationalist Ed Blum relies on the model minority myth, a persistent trope, and a convenient strategy for pitting Asian Americans against other people of color. In fact, the data reveals a high level of support by Asian Americans for affirmative action. John is also buoyed by the emergence of new youth-led Asian American nonprofits and the cohort of civil rights partners, including the ACLU, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, National Urban League, Lawyers Committee and MALDEF that are moving this nation towards justice.    

How the 2013 Shelby County v. Holder Decision Re-Opened the Door to State Voter Suppression LegislationToday's Script(Variations occur with audio due to editing for time) Today's Links now below the scriptYou're listening to the American Democracy Minute, keeping YOUR government by and for the people.June 25th, 2023 was the tenth anniversary of Shelby County v. Holder, a U.S. Supreme Court decision gutting a key provision of the Voting Rights Act.  What was this decision about, and how has it contributed to the erosion of our democracy? Decades of systemic racist voter suppression and violence spurred passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, outlawing discrimination in voting on the basis of race and enforcing the 15th Amendment.Section 5 of the VRA created “pre-clearance” requirements for states, counties or municipalities with a history of voter discrimination. It required them to clear any new election rules with the U.S. Justice Department.  But in 2012, Shelby County, Alabama argued to the U.S. Supreme Court that Section 5 was unconstitutional.  Instead, the court ruled that the formula used to apply pre-clearance was outdated, and asked Congress for an update.  Congress hasn't acted, so Section 5 has been unenforceable since 2013.The decision greenlighted a resurgence of voter suppression bills in conservative-leaning states with large Black or Hispanic populations.  Among the shady tactics employed are reductions in polling places, removal of drop boxes, shortening of early voting, attempting to stop voter registration drives, narrowing voter ID options, and even preventing the handing out food and water to voters forced to wait in long lines.   All making it harder for our fellow Americans to vote. We have details on the Shelby v. Holder decision at AmericanDemocracyMinute.org. I'm Brian Beihl.Today's LinksArticles & Resources:U.S. Justice Department - About Section 5 Of The Voting Rights ActU.S. Justice Department - List of States, Counties & Cities Subject to Pre-Clearance as of 2013U.S. Justice Department - The Shelby County DecisionNAACP Legal Defense Fund - HOW SHELBY COUNTY V. HOLDER  BROKE DEMOCRACYDemocracy Docket -  The Voting Rights Act: How We Got HereBrennan Center for Justice - Shelby County v. HolderCenter for Public Integrity - ‘What the court misunderstood is just how fragile our democracy is'Groups Taking Action:NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Campaign Legal Center, MALDEF, Native American Rights Fund, Asian American Pacific Islanders Vote, ACLU Alabama===Please follow us on Facebook and Twitter and SHARE!  Find all of our reports at AmericanDemocracyMinute.orgGet ADM Radio Report email!  Sign up here!#Democracy  #DemocracyNews #VotingRights #VoterSuppression #ShelbyvHolder

Edited to “Season 4 Episode 7 of Activista Rise Up is out now! This week we were joined by Odilia Romero, co-founder and executive director of Comunidades Indigenas en Liderazgo (CIELO). CIELO is a woman-led human rights organization that fights for social justice for indigenous migrant women. CIELO's mission is to instill cultural pride and advance the rights of indigenous women by focusing first on cultural preservation, language justice, gender violence prevention, and reproductive justice. Odilia Romero and CIELO's work has been recognized by Lizzo at the Billboard Awards (WATCH HERE) and by MALDEF, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund. Learn more about CIELO here: www.mycielo.org. To learn more about CIELO visit 19th News' Article and LA Times' Article. Tune in to watch, listen, and be inspired! ✊

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 Latino population in the United States, plus, the challenges faced in politics, voting, immigration, the courts, media and battling extremism. Read: https://crosscut.com/news/2023/01/two-seattle-asian-american-community-newspapers-go-out-printRead: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/law-justice/leesa-manion-sworn-in-as-king-county-prosecuting-attorney/Read: The Best & Worst Awards for 2022https://i0.wp.com/nwasianweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/04-05-Matt-and-Gei-1.jpgRead Marcus Harrison Green's Seattle's Times column about Black Youth suicide. https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/mental-health/more-black-kids-are-dying-by-suicide-the-reasons-unfortunately-arent-surprising/

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 gender-affirming healthcare to everyone in the state. Gene Grant and the Line Opinion Panel discuss the bill and what it would mean for local abortion ordinances around New Mexico. Finally, NMiF Correspondent Russell Contreras sits down with Thomas Saenz, the president and general counsel at the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund to update the state's response to the Yazzie Martinez ruling. MALDEF represents Louise Martinez, a lead plaintiff in the lawsuit and continues to push for educational advancements for the students highlighted in the court ruling. Host: Lou DiVizio Correspondents: Gwyneth Doland & Russell Contreras Line Host: Gene Grant Guests: St. Rep. Linda Serrato, (D) NM District 45 – Santa Fe St. Rep. Jennifer Jones, (R) NM District 32 - Doña Ana, Hidalgo & Luna Marshall Martinez, executive director, Equality New Mexico Thomas Saenz, president & general counsel, Mexican American Legal Defense & Educational Fund Line Opinion Panelists: Dede Feldman, fmr. NM State Senator H. Diane Snyder, fmr. NM State Senator Serge Martinez, professor, UNM School of Law For More Information: ‘La Morena' Art – Lucinda Hinojos Lawmakers Tackle Rasing the Alcohol Tax – NM In Depth Ousted Elections Clerk Hit with Ethics Lawsuit – AP News NMSU Cancels Season After Sex, Harassment Allegations – AP News NMiF on Facebook NMiF on Youtube NMiF on Instagram NMiF on Twitter --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/nmif/message

ANGEL LADY director Edgar Pablos tells great stories about the directors and the movie stars who impacted his career. Joe Dante, Mike Figgis, Jamie Blanks, Antoine Fuqua. Actors James Earl Jones, James  Coburn, Selma Hayek, Jared Lehto. 60 min. Edgar comes from the U.S./Mexico borderlands of El Paso, Texas. Born to a Spanish-speaking family, he not only learned to speak English watching American movies but also to assimilate and understand the world through storytelling. He made his short film directorial debut with his magical realist western, Agua Dulce, which won several awards nationally and internationally, including Jury Prize/Best Short Film at the Ajijic International Film Festival in Mexico, Silver Award at the Houston International Film Festival, and Finalist at the 33rd Annual USA Film Festival in Dallas, Texas. Agua Dulce was the Featured Short Film at the Hispanic Cultural Center Inauguration Ceremonies in Albuquerque, NM, and was an Official Selection at several more U.S. film festivals, including New York, Chicago, Santa Monica and Santa Fe. With writing and producing partner Judith Cummings, Pablos formed Tribesmen Pictures, a production company where he directs, writes, edits, and produces in multiple formats including: documentaries, commercials, PSAs, and educational programming. Clients include: Time Warner Cable, USC Latino Alumni Association, Charming Asia Tours, SABEResPODER, TELACU, California State University, Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, AECOM, and MALDEF, the nation's leading Latino civil rights organization. https://tribesmenpictures.com #angelladymovie #angellady 

Aiden Mccarthy perdió a sus padres y quedó huérfano a cargo de sus abuelos.El 4 de Julio también se planeaba otro tiroteo, pero fue frustrado por las autoridades, dando como resultado el arresto de dos sospechosos en Richmond Virginia.Programa DACA vuelve a enfrentar un futuro incierto en los tribunales que tienen a miles de dreamers preocupados.

Missouri Governor Signs Omnibus - and Ominous - Voting & Elections BillToday's LinksArticlesKansas City Star - Missouri Gov. Parson signs sweeping new law requiring voters to show photo ID at pollsSt. Louis Public Radio - Huge bill adds extra steps for voters and those who run Missouri electionsText of Missouri's now signed HB 1878Groups Taking ActionMissouri Voter Protection Coalition, League of Women Voters Missouri, MALDEF,  Missouri Protection & Advocacy ServicesYou're listening to the American Democracy Minute, keeping YOUR government by and for the people.Earlier this week we mentioned that the Missouri legislature had passed an omnibus–and ominous– voting and election bill, and that pro-voter groups and election officials were not happy with the additional barriers to voting and burdens to election workers.  That bill was signed Wednesday by Republican Governor Mike Parson.Sponsors of the bill hailed the provision to implement a voter ID requirement, common among many states, but they limited the allowable ID to only state or federal IDs, not other commonly-accepted options such as student IDs and other institutional documents.  The State of Missouri charges for non-driver IDs, a barrier for low-income voters.Changes to current law will allow no-excuse absentee ballot voting for a two week period prior to the election, but only in person, not by mail.  Disabled and elderly voters would be forced to come into election offices to vote during this period.St. Louis Public Radio reports that the bill also bans third-party assistance with voter registration, restricting groups like the League of Women Voters and other pro-voter groups from helping voters register. Nor can groups facilitate absentee voting.  Election officials voiced concern over the potential disruption of election-day auditing, and the banning of private grants to offset the costs of elections, which, like most of these new restrictions, were based on false claims of widespread election fraud.Links to more information on this restrictive Missouri bill and groups taking action are at our website, AmericanDemocracyMinute.orgGranny D said, “Democracy is not something we have, it's something we DO.”  For the American Democracy Minute, I'm Brian Beihl.

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 also bars individuals from seeking asylum, continues to be met with skepticism by immigration advocates and public health officials. The Biden administration and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently announced plans to end Title 42 by May 23rd, now that vaccines are widely available. But the fate of the policy remains in limbo because of Republican-backed lawsuits and opposition to its cessation. Thomas Saenz is president and General Counsel for the Mexican American Legal Defense Fund (MALDEF). Saenz joins WITHpod to discuss the role of misinformation in the characterization of migrants, immigration and refugee policy reform and the implications of a potential continuation (or end) of Title 42.

*53rd Senator Jason Barickman details the new legislative maps submitted by the Illinois Republican Party, the NAACP, and MALDEF. *Keith Naughton, Co-founder of Silent Majority Strategies shares why he believes Mitch McConnell has won over Biden and Trump. *Better Government Association President & CEO David Greising describes why fighting billionaires makes IL politics better. *Jason Nathanson of ABC News breaks down the decision made today on the conservatorship of Britney Spears. *Plus, David Winston discusses the dirty details of the VA election and William Lee of the Chicago Tribune shares his review for season two of "South Side."

In response to the Democrat legislative maps approved in September, the Illinois Republican Party, the NAACP And MALDEF proposed their own legislative maps. The groups say their maps do a better job of representing underrepresented communities in Illinois. Senator Jason Barickman explains how these maps better represent Illinois.

The origin story of MALDEF-Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund-is rooted in the vision of the late Pete Tijerina. In 1967, he represented a Latina who was seriously harmed by corporate neglect and then again by a judge's refusal, as constitutionally required, to seat Latinos on the jury. Discrimination against Latinos, fueled by misinformation, was escalating and the need for a dedicated civil rights infrastructure was clear. In 1968, Mr. Tijerina, fellow advocates and the general counsel of the NAACP, the model for civil rights activism, collaborated to form MALDEF. It's mission, to promote the civil rights of all Latinos in the US in education, employment, immigration and voting rights could not be more relevant now. It was a rare honor to speak with MALDEF president Thomas Saenz, an expert in civil rights law and a champion for systemic reform to our immigration system. He believes that democracy will be realized when Latinos are seen in the full scope of their humanity and service to this nation, from the highest levels of public service to the frontlines of the pandemic.      

In this podcast episode we have a returning guest, Emeline Beltran, who shares her experience working for Cal State LA's Dreamer's Resource Center. She discusses what she's learned as an ally and resource for undocumented students as well as the cultural humility and lessons she's gaining in the process. Emeline Beltran is a second-year graduate student at Cal State LA. She is studying Communication Studies with an emphasis in Intercultural Communication. Emeline was previously on the Grad School Femtoring podcast in Episode 70, where she talked about “Being a Grad Student with a Disability.” Today, Emeline has returned to share about her role as the Programming Assistant at Cal State LA's Dreamers Resource Center. She is a US-born daughter of Filipino immigrants, and her Filipina-American identity inspired her to work with diverse communities and specialize her master's degree in Intercultural Communications. To learn more, check out these resources: Hispanic Scholarship Fund: https://www.hsf.net/scholarship The East Los Angeles Community Union (TELACU) https://telacu.com/ Toyota/TELACU Scholarship: https://telacu.com/telacu-education-foundation/college-success-program/toyotatelacu-scholarship/ P.D. Soros Fellowship: https://www.pdsoros.org/ Immigrant Rising Undergraduate Scholarships: https://immigrantsrising.org/resource/undergraduate-scholarships/ Immigrants Rising Graduate Scholarships: https://immigrantsrising.org/resource/graduate-scholarships/ Immigrants Rising External Scholarship Databases: https://immigrantsrising.org/wp-content/uploads/Immigrants-Rising_Applying-for-Scholarships.pdf MALDEF https://www.maldef.org/assets/pdf/FINAL_2018-2019_MALDEF_Scholarship_List_102717.pdf EDUMED https://www.edumed.org/financial-aid/undocumented-students-scholarships-resources/ Check out these other links to support this podcast: Want to be the first to hear about Dra. Yvette's latest updates, courses, digital products, talks, freebies, and other giveaways, then please join her mailing list here: https://creative-trailblazer-5062.ck.page/8113780a06 Are you interested in applying to grad school? Then, sign up for Dra. Yvette's online grad application course that walks you through the step by step process to apply: https://gradschoolfemtoring.thinkific.com/courses/gradappsdemystified Are you a current or prospective grad student seeking extra support and accountability, then please join her inaugural Grad School Femtoring Support Group: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/grad-school-femtoring-support-group-tickets-190846134927?keep_tld=1 Want to be a guest on the show, sign up here: https://forms.gle/Q5rVZsX9E93bwubAA Lastly, don't forget to send in your questions and topic suggestions here: https://forms.gle/SJqeH1uaXSEReCnx5 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/yvette14/message

Hispanic and Latino students account for one quarter of the students in our nation's public schools. The 2020 census shows that they are the fastest growing population in the United States. But what do the census results really mean for America's educators? Are we doing enough to prepare for an influx of Hispanic and Latino students? In this episode, Kevin speaks with Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF, to discuss how America's schools can prepare for and support Hispanic and Latino students.

This week: Allison and Andrew dive into the Justice Department's suit against Texas over SB8; Columbus, Ohio enlists the help of DoJ to reform its police department, but the police don't seem to be cooperating; DoJ and MALDEF file appeals in Texas over DACA; plus bye-bye to Spicer and Conway, hello to a good Judge Thomas; and more. Follow your hosts on Twitter: https://twitter.com/allisongill https://twitter.com/patorrezlaw https://twitter.com/aisle45pod Want to support this podcast and get it ad-free and early for as little as $1 an episode? Go to: https://www.patreon.com/aisle45pod Promo Codes: Their top-notch service has earned Policygenius thousands of 5-star reviews across Trustpilot and Google. Head to http://Policygenius.com to get started right now.  The Feals Customer Service team is dedicated to making sure you get the best use of your CBD. Start feeling better with Feals! Become a member today by going to Feals.com/CLEANUP and you'll get 50% off your first order with free shipping.   Episode 35 - Intergovernmental Immunity Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nina Perales, vice president of litigation for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, recently spoke about the implications of the 2020 Census on redistricting for South Texas and the border region.Perales, who has litigated on behalf of Latino communities in two previous redistricting cycles, spoke at a board meeting of the Lower Rio Grande Valley Development Council.Perales said the loss of population in rural parts of Texas and the growth in its urban and suburban parts, as shown by Census 2020, was incredible.Perales said: “We have a new and very different picture of Texas than we had before, even a decade before. The population changes are quite stunning, in fact. There is widespread and consistent loss of population in rural areas in Texas and at the same time really extraordinary population gain in Texas in large cities and suburbs. I have never seen a pattern like this and this is my third round of redistricting with MALDEF.”Editor's Note: The attached podcast features Perales' remarks at the LRGVDC meeting. To read the full story in the Rio Grande Guardian International News Service, click here. 

When does the definition of a “person” become contentious? The mandate to “count all persons” includes undocumented immigrants. But some are trying to exclude them as people in the current census. It starts with a constitutionally mandated decennial census count that says the census must count “all persons” living in the U.S. and that count leads to how 435 seats in the US House of Representatives apportioned among our 50 states. But in 2020 this is the first time that a president has intervened in this process by attempting to subtract, rather than count, all persons. Thomas Saenz, President and General Counsel of MALDEF-the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund- walks us through President Trump’s unprecedented executive memo and issues a collective call to action. 

Rocío López es cantautora y actriz. Hizo el papel de Della en la obra de Zoot Suit dirigida por Luis Valdez. Participó en el CBS Diversity Showcase y entre otros ha actuado en las series Insecure, Modern Family y Vida. Participó en “Tengo Talento Mucho Talento” y fue aclamada como cantautora por Pepe Garza y Ana Bárbara, por sus composiciones originales. Rocío se describe como orgullosamente Mexicana e hija de inmigrantes campesinos. Estudio en UCLA y recibió su maestría en NYU. Por 10 años Rocío trabajo coordinando programas para jóvenes y padres en California y en Nueva York. Ha trabajado como maestra de artes y teatro y ha escrito curriculums para jóvenes en el sistema de adopción y jóvenes encarcelados. También ha facilitado programas para padres con las organizaciones de MALDEF, PIQE y Upward Bound. Actualmente Rocío es la Manager de Community Partnerships para Common Sense Latino y da presentaciones en la comunidad sobre el bienestar en la era digital. Rocío López es nuestro Orgullo Hispano. Busca sus canciones en #Spotify y en #iTunes y síguela en IG @ItsRocioLopez

This week, New Mexico in Focus interviews Thomas Saenz, the national president of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF). Saenz has been a key figure in the Martínez/Yazzie v. State of New Mexico lawsuit, the case that is forcing the state to improve the education it provides for certain groups of students. Recently, both groups of plaintiffs asked the court to set more strict deadlines for the state to prove it’s making progress. Correspondent Russell Contreras speaks with Saenz about what’s ahead in the case. New Mexico in Focus takes a hard look at crime’s effect on young people with Albuquerque filmmaker John Acosta, whose documentary “Growing Up in the Real Breaking Bad” aims to raise awareness about youth violence. NMiF host Gene Grant interviews Acosta, who is joined by a group of young activists who say policymakers need to listen and try a different approach to addressing the problem. In a repeat showing of Our Land from August, correspondent Laura Paskus travels to the Gila National Forest for an in-depth report on the battle over the Gila River. In the intervening months there have been new updates on the project, and NMiF host Gene Grant sits down with Paskus to discuss these developments.

San Francisco's closely watched District Attorney's race remains too close to call. Scott and Marisa discuss how the contest fits into the growing attention paid to local prosecutor elections and analyze the rest of the SF election results (0:39). Then, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund President Thomas Saenz joins to discuss the lead-up to the passage of Proposition 187 in 1994, the legal strategy that MALDEF used to defeat the measure in court, and the political and legal repercussions of the initiative, 25 years later (7:00).

Mon. 10/14 7p: Espejos de Aztlán features an exclusive interview with Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) President, Dr. Thomas A. Saenz. Dr. Saenz sat down with Espejos De Aztlán hosts, Froilan Orozco, Moi Santos, & Rafael Alejandro to talk about important ongoing cases in immigration, education, and labor rights.

When Wilbur Ross, Department of Commerce Secretary, attempted to add a question about citizenship status to the 2020 Census, it made headlines and fueled fears. Given the administration’s anti-immigrant rhetoric and policies it was clear that the question would discourage participation in the constitutionally mandated census. AAPI and Latinx civil rights leaders stood up and pushed back in 2 federal court cases and the Supreme Court. In all cases, the courts ruled against the administration’s position. In a last ditch effort to save face, the President made a Rose Garden announcement about gathering citizenship status information from existing federal resources. It was a decisive victory for the immigrant community but is it enough to overcome the community’s fears? Denise Hulett, MALDEF, and John C. Yang, Advancing Justice | AAJC, break down the facts from the fake news.

We made a mistake last week. We failed to put enough focus on the real story of the El Paso shooting -- that it was the largest massacre of Latinx people in modern American history. This week, we try to make it right. We shout out orgs building Latinx power in Texas, speak with El Paso attorney and legend of immigration law Carlos Spector, and highlight brave Latinx Texans who aren't taking any mierda. Plus, learn how showing up to city council meetings can make you internet famous! (a la Green Shirt Guy). SUPPORT ROUSER'S NEW PATREON PAGE! Want to make sure The Rabble pod keeps coming? Help us pay for it! (We are making zero dollars on the pod and need your help to keep going.) ALSO, you get super fun perks when you pitch in to help us cover our costs (secret parties, GIF chats, even a prayer candle with your face on it!). Go to https://www.patreon.com/rousertx NOW NOW NOW NOW! Also, spread the joy of Ann Richards and The Rabble all across Texas on T-shirts, stickers, mugs, or whatevs: https://rouser.threadless.com/ THIS WEEK'S GUEST: Carlos Spector, El Paso immigration attorney and co-founder of the National Network for Immigrant Rights and Mexicanos en Exilio, a nonprofit that seeks to help Mexican asylum seekers FOLLOW ROUSER: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RouserTX Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rousertx/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/RouserTX?lang=en Subscribe to our Friday newsletter, T-GIF: https://www.rousertx.com/tgif/ SH*T TO DO: Support organizations that are building power for the Latinx community! In Texas: Jolt Texas: https://jolttx.org/en/ The Texas Young Democrats Hispanic/Latinx caucus: https://www.facebook.com/TYDLatinx/ RAPIDO: which enables communities to recover from disasters more quickly: http://www.rapidorecovery.org/?fbclid=IwAR1YBAxa2vWUWMRQU7LWKS3cUFEeq_Yr5k7uKKHbXlxE6KC1sj4jlzdCVy4 ARISE in South Texas: http://www.arisesotex.org/ LUPE: https://lupenet.org/ Con Mi Madre: http://www.conmimadre.org Chingona Fest Texas: https://www.facebook.com/ChingonaFestTexas/ Youth Rise Texas: https://www.facebook.com/YouthRiseTexas/ Latinitas: https://www.facebook.com/latinitasmag/ Workers Defense Project: http://www.workersdefense.org/ Proyecto Teatro: https://proyectoteatro.com/ Brazos Interfaith Immigration Network: https://www.facebook.com/biintx/ Jane's Due Process https://janesdueprocess.org/ Texas A&M University Colonias Program: http://colonias.arch.tamu.edu/ Tarrant County Democratic Party's LatinX Voter Outreach Committee https://www.facebook.com/LatinXVoterOutreach/ Battleground Texas: https://www.facebook.com/BattlegroundTexas Texas AFL-CIO: https://www.facebook.com/TexasAFLCIO/ Poder Quince: https://www.poderquince.com/ Nationally: LULAC: https://lulac.org/ MALDEF: https://www.maldef.org/ VotoLatino: https://votolatino.org/ The Pew Research Center does excellent work on research and identifying trends impacting the latinx community: https://www.pewresearch.org/ National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health: https://www.latinainstitute.org/ Raices: https://www.raicestexas.org/ United We Dream: https://www.facebook.com/UnitedWeDream/?hc_location=ufi Locally in Austin: Hustle for the Cause, a social impact production company based in Austin that puts on Chingonafest and has a mission to “create cultural content and experiences that empower underserved communities.”: https://www.hustleforthecause.com/ and https://www.chingonafesttx.com/ Urban Roots: https://urbanrootsatx.org/ Greater Austin Hispanic Chamber of Commerce members: https://www.gahcc.org/ City of Austin Hispanic Quality of Life Commission: https://www.austintexas.gov/content/hispaniclatino-quality-life-resource-advisory-commission Austin Tejano Democrats: https://www.facebook.com/groups/8310263446/ Dress for Success Austin: https://austin.dressforsuccess.org/ LINKS WE MENTIONED: Green Shirt Guy and his viral moment laughing at hate: https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/09/opinions/greenshirtguy-how-i-went-viral-kack/index.html?fbclid=IwAR09ICU7k197r4UkpL6UGgav3EcC_qyMnpFTpYSN2nISANNoAOc1hiqbF5k Tucson Free and Together: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TucsonFreeAndTogether/ Website: https://www.familiesfreeandtogether.org/ Live in Austin? Meet new politically engaged friends and get your own viral city council moment with A Functional Democracy's fellows program! Applications due August 22. Kristen signed up!! Join her!: https://www.afunctionaldemocracy.com/fellow-application?fbclid=IwAR3rrYCyDH4i3ZmqNIz70ofjcP4hdjdaXFWAuREaxLs4Lve9alVtqVPktlo Alexa Ura of The Texas Tribune wrote a raw and moving Twitter thread on what it feels like to be a brown reporter in Texas after the El Paso shooting: https://twitter.com/alexazura/status/1159283660639625216 Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez (WE FREAKING STAN) launched a campaign for U.S. Senate against John Cornyn!!!: https://cristinafortexas.com/ (She's also the founder of Jolt Texas, a badass org building power for Latinx Texans): https://jolttx.org/en/ Julián Castro took out an ad speaking directly to Trump and calling him out for his role in the El Paso massacre: https://www.texastribune.org/2019/08/13/julian-castro-fox-news-texas/ Julián Castro's “disarm hate” policy proposal: https://www.texastribune.org/2019/08/09/days-after-el-paso-massacre-julian-castro-releases-plan-disarm-hate/ Info on the councilmen in Plano trying to defund Collin County's rape crisis center because it offers Plan B TO RAPE VICTIMS: https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/health/Plan-B-Pill-Center-of-Rape-Crisis-Center-Funding-Debate-in-Plano-538489931.html The Turning Point rape crisis center website: https://www.theturningpoint.org/ Speak up for The Turning Point in Plano this Saturday, August 17!: https://www.facebook.com/events/439837823274985/ From Lulu Garcia Navarro of NPR on the lack of Latinx representation in newsrooms and how that resulted in a news cycle that didn't highlight what should have been the headline everywhere on the El Paso terrorist attack, “largest massacre of Latinx people in modern American history”: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/08/we-must-recognize-hispanics-were-targeted/595783/ WE DIDN'T MENTION THIS BUT PLEASE READ IT >>>>> The Texas Observer puts anti-Mexican violence in El Paso into historical context: https://www.texasobserver.org/to-understand-the-el-paso-massacre-look-to-the-long-legacy-of-anti-mexican-violence-at-the-border/ Current issue of Mother Jones magazine, which profiles our guest Carlos Spector in the article “Hold the Line”: https://www.motherjones.com/mag/2019/09/toc/ More on Carlos Spector's work defending asylum-seekers: https://www.borderreport.com/hot-topics/too-afraid-to-go-home-texas-lawyer-stands-up-for-two-mayan-migrants/ See Carlos Spector speak at TribFest September 28: https://festival.texastribune.org/speakers/carlos_spector.1zu9hc85

This episode is a raw, intense, and beautiful story of Anavictoria Avila. She speaks her truth and shares with us why she studied to become an attorney and improve the juvenile justice system. She is a passionate youth advocate. Anavictoria was born into a family plagued by domestic violence and went through a custody dispute that lasted 8 years. At an early age she witnessed that justice does not have the upper hand in the legal system and class, gender, and race truly affect the dynamics and progression of a case. She focuses on becoming an attorney and advocating for marginalized communities and specifically youth who are in the juvenile and foster care systems. Anavictoria also informs us that in college she was screened and diagnosed with learning disabilities. She tells us her journey and how she got through it during law school. She explores her passion with art and we discuss how it has allowed her to heal and provide comfort during her most difficult times. Despite all the barriers Anavictoria had to face she overcame them and accomplished her life-long goal of graduating from law school. A lot has changed in Anavictoria’s life since the recording of the interview. The Education Advocacy Clinic hired Anavictoria to be a Clinical Supervisor and Instructor at the East Bay Community Law Center, which is a Clinic of Berkeley Law School (Boalt). In this position, she teaches law students as she represents young people caught at the intersection of the juvenile justice and education systems. She represents youth in delinquency, school expulsion, and special education matters. She will be taking the bar exam this summer 2019. Wish her strength and good vibes! Follow: @reynaspodcast | @hola_reyna | subscribe to newsletter Contact Anavictoria Avila: avavila@berkeley.edu; and support her art! Follow: @artedeavi (starting in September. She deactivated all her social media while she is studying for the bar), and check out her website: artedeavi.com Art email: artedeavi@gmail.com Law school resources that Anavictoria recommends: · For People of Color: https://forpeopleofcolor.org/ · Latina Lawyers Bar Association: http://www.llbalaw.org/content/scholarship · MALDEF: https://www.maldef.org/resources/leadership-programs/ · Legal Opportunity Scholarship Fund: https://www.americanbar.org/groups/diversity/diversity_pipeline/projects_initiatives/legal_opportunity_scholarship/ · Hispanic National Bar Association: http://www.hnbafund.org/Scholarships.aspx SIGN-UP for Free Webinar: 5 Key Marketing Tips to Bring More Awareness to your Brand Date has been changed to Thursday, April 25th. Thank you!!

The state of Texas is a hot bed for politics -- especially if your of Mexican descent  -- Celina Moreno is seasoned civil rights lawyer who shares her time in the trenches with MALDEF (mexican american legal defense fund) ----also this recording was done in the back corner of OCHO at the beautiful Hotel Havana in San Antonio, Texas --- we had the huitlacoche quesadillas---super yummy papita

Learn about the college options and obstacles that DREAMers will have to face to become college bound and college graduates. We are fortunate to speak with Estefania Hermosillo from Immigrants Rising. She is the Community Education Coordinator at Immigrants Rising. She began to actively participate in the immigrant rights movement in 2012 and has participated in various capacities. Estefania has been a student, an educator, a community organizer, an activist, and a lobbyist. Learn more from this podcast and from their website at www.immigrantsrising.org.

Today's BG Podcast features a conversation with State Rep. Diego Bernal (D-San Antonio) on the upcoming Texas legislative session, in particular brewing battles around local control, one being municipal paid sick leave ordinances. This discussion was recorded on September 24, 2018. ABOUT THE GUEST: Rep. Diego Bernal was born in South Texas and raised in San Antonio. After graduating from Jefferson High School, he attended the University of Michigan, where he earned his undergraduate degree, Master's in Social Work, and law degree. After graduating from law school, he returned to San Antonio permanently as a MALDEF staff attorney. He was elected to the San Antonio City Council representing District 1 in 2011. Representative Bernal was elected to the Texas House of Representatives in February 2015. He represents District 123, home to downtown and north central San Antonio, parts of the city's west side, along with the City of Castle Hills. He currently serves as the Vice Chairman of the House Committee on Public Education and also sits on the House Committee on Urban Affairs, and the House Committee on House Administration. Twitter: @DiegoBernalTX Instagram: @DiegoBernalTX Facebook: Diego Bernal REFERENCE LINKS: BG Podcast - Episode 10: Policy Discussion Rob Henneke on Paid Sick Leave and Local Control BG Podcast - Episode 11: Meet James Hines, SVP of Advocacy and In-House Counsel, Texas Association of Business ABOUT OUR SPONSOR THE LOEWY LAW FIRM: Thank you to our sponsor, the Loewy Law Firm, Austin's go-to personal injury law firm.  If you've been injured in a car crash, call Adam Loewy today at 512.280.0800. You learn more information about the firm here: bit.ly/2NLWbfn You can listen to this episode and previous ones on iTunes and Google Play at the links below. Please subscribe!

Terry Ao Minnis and Angela Manso joined me for a conversation about Census 2020 at Power Station. As you will hear, the stakes for the Census could not be higher. The Census determines the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives and the allocation of federal dollars to states. So it is particularly important that their powerhouse nonprofit organizations, Asian Americans Advancing Justice, and NALEO Education Fund, are engaging on this issue with other high-level stakeholders, including MALDEF, through a coalition led by the Leadership Conference of Human and Civil Rights. We talk about the implications for adding a question (untested) to the Census regarding citizenship, related lawsuits in Federal courts and the galvanizing of advocacy in local communities. 

Learn about the college options and obstacles that DREAMers will have to face to become college bound and college graduates. We are fortunate to speak with Estefania Hermosillo from Immigrants Rising. She is the Community Education Coordinator at Immigrants Rising. She began to actively participate in the immigrant rights movement in 2012 and has participated in various capacities. Estefania has been a student, an educator, a community organizer, an activist, and a lobbyist. Learn more from this podcast and from their website at www.immigrantsrising.org.

The new maps that will create boundaries for California’s political districts will be certified in August, but will they actually change the state’s political landscape? Zócalo invites a panel including Kathay Feng, director of California Common Cause and one of the authors of the 2008 redistricting reform bill; Steven Ochoa, national redistricting coordinator for MALDEF, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund; Joe Mathews, senior fellow at the New America Foundation; and Dan Schnur, director of University of Southern California's Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics to discuss whether regular Californians can expect any effects from the latest round of redistricting.

Segmento 1  Al aire: José López Zamorano En estudio John Amaya abogado de Maldef. Tras el asesinato del inmigrante mexicano Luis Ramirez, una coalición de activistas defensores de los derechos de los inmigrantes busca justicia. 08:45 Break (2:00) Segmento 2 En estudio John Amaya abogado de Maldef, Alberto Avendaño del Tiempo Latino y Julio Marenco de La Prensa Gráfica. ¿Un hispano en la Corte Suprema de Justicia? 18:39 Break (2:00) Segmento 3 En estudio John Amaya abogado de Maldef, Alberto Avendaño del Tiempo Latino y Julio Marenco de La Prensa Gráfica. Guatemala ¿un país en crisis? La Administración Obama y el Hemisferio Sur End 29:00 For more information: Director: Luisa Fernanda Montero: luisa.fernanda@hcnmedia.com 202 5580010 Engineer: Julio González: julio.gonzalez@hcnmedia.com, 202-340-9131 Enginner: Daniel Olaya: daniel.olaya@hcnmedia.com, 202 3604136 Hate crimes, prevention and justice.