Jul 15, 2024 | Court Cases Employment, News Releases
On September 8, 2020, MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) filed an amended complaint on behalf of Diana Reyes Lopez, Maria Guadalupe Alvarez Guerrero, Ana Morales Audelo, Thalia Bamaca, Elsy Colorado Colorado, and llcy Fuentes Reyes, which...
Jun 26, 2024 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, DACA, News Releases
(CAMDEN, N.J.) – A Latino civil rights group is suing a Pennsylvania-based property management company for denying a DACA recipient access to rental units based solely on her immigration status. MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) and Saul...
May 29, 2024 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, DACA, News Releases
MIAMI – A Latino civil rights group is suing a Florida credit union over unlawful lending policies that discriminate against immigrants, according to a filing in federal court Wednesday. MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) and Orlando–based...
May 3, 2024 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, DACA, News Releases
LOS ANGELES – A Latino civil rights organization filed a class-action lawsuit today against a Southern California credit union for unlawfully denying a loan to a DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) recipient on the basis of his immigration status. MALDEF...
May 3, 2024 | News Releases, Public Policy Immigrants' Rights
LOS ANGELES – The Biden administration’s new rule granting recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) eligibility for health care insurance will go into effect today. Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal...
