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MALDEF STATEMENT ON FEDERAL COURT RULING ON LEGALITY OF DACA

Sep 13, 2023 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, DACA, News Releases

HOUSTON, Texas –  A federal judge in Texas ruled today that a Biden Administration rule issued in 2022 that formalized Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is unlawful. U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen’s ruling in Texas v. United States comes in response to a...

MALDEF SUES CREDIT UNION FOR DISCRIMINATING AGAINST DACA RECIPIENT

Mar 16, 2022 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, DACA, News Releases

San Jose, CA – A Latino civil rights organization is suing a national credit union for unlawfully denying a car loan to a DACA recipient based on her immigration status, according to a federal lawsuit filed today. MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational...

CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS CALL FOR DEFEAT OF CORY WILSON’S NOMINATION TO FIFTH CIRCUIT

May 5, 2020 | News Releases

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – National and state civil rights organizations today announced their vehement opposition to Senate confirmation of Cory Wilson to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Last week, the Senate announced it would move Donald Trump’s judicial...
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