The Troublesome
Thomas Perez


Baltimore Sun -- March 19, 2009                       
DoJ nominee also worked for pro-invasion National Immigration Forum  
...[Thomas] Perez appears to have achieved little, if any, public prominence on hot-button immigration issues, despite his involvement with CASA de Maryland on whose board he served from 1995 to 2002, including as president. He also was on the board of the National Immigration Forum for just over a year...

Tyche Hendricks -- San Francisco Chronicle -- March 18, 2009              
Obama switch on civil rights post leaves Latinos fuming   
When Obama named Maryland Secretary of Labor Tom Perez as his nominee for Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division at the U.S. DoJ, Friday, some Latino leaders cheered. The National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials called Perez "exceptionally qualified." [Some are miffed that MALDEF menace Thomas Saenz didn't get the job.]


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