Nov 5, 2025 | Court Cases Education, Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases
MUSKOGEE, Okla. — A Latino civil rights organization filed a motion last week to intervene in a lawsuit that rescinded regular tuition for students without lawful immigration status in Oklahoma. MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) and Marvin...
Oct 22, 2025 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, DACA, News Releases
PASCO, Wash.– A Latino civil rights organization is challenging, for a second time, the discriminatory policies of a Spokane, Washington-based credit union for unlawfully denying DACA recipients financial services based on their citizenship or immigration status....
Sep 20, 2025 | News Releases, Public Policy
LOS ANGELES – California Gov. Gavin Newsom today signed into law the No Secret Police Act, or SB 627, a landmark measure that prohibits local and federal law enforcement officers from concealing their faces with extreme masking. SB 627, authored by Senator Scott...
Aug 28, 2025 | News Releases, Redistricting, Voting Rights
SEATTLE— The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday rejected appeals brought by three voters who attempted to overturn a federal district court’s ruling in Soto Palmer v. Hobbs, a case challenging Washington state’s Yakima Valley legislative map. In...
Aug 19, 2025 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, DACA, News Releases
NEW JERSEY — A federal court has denied a motion to dismiss filed by two defendants in a housing discrimination lawsuit challenging their policy of refusing to rent to recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and other immigrants based solely on...
