Mar 11, 2024 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, DACA, News Releases
LOS ANGELES – A federal judge has granted final approval to a class-action settlement between a class of credit applicants represented by MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) and a California credit union that denied a DACA (Deferred Action for...
Mar 4, 2024 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases, Voting Rights
PHOENIX – A U.S. District Court judge held that a provision of an Arizona voting law that could have been used to remove U.S. citizens from voter rolls is unlawful, according to documents filed Thursday in federal court. MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and...
Feb 29, 2024 | News Releases, PP Voting Rights
LOS ANGELES – The U.S. Senate today introduced the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2024 (JLVRAA). The bill provides an important path forward in helping protect our democracy by protecting the rights of every citizen, including Latinos and other...
Feb 29, 2024 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, DACA, News Releases
PHOENIX – A Latino civil rights organization filed a federal class-action lawsuit Wednesday against a Texas auto-loan aggregator for unlawfully denying service to a recipient of DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) based on immigration status. MALDEF...
Sep 19, 2023 | News Releases
LOS ANGELES – Today Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives reintroduced the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (VRAA). Previously passed in the House in 2021, the VRAA would restore some of the voting protections of the 1965 Voting Rights Act that...
