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MALDEF REQUESTS EN BANC REHEARING IN ARKANSAS VOTING RIGHTS CASE

Sep 2, 2025 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases, Voting Rights

FAYETTEVILLE, ARK. – A Latino civil rights group is seeking an en banc review by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in a challenge to an Arkansas law that places a limit on who may assist voters at the polls, including those who are not proficient in...

MALDEF SEEKS TO INTERVENE ON BEHALF OF STUDENTS TO DEFEND KENTUCKY TUITION POLICY

Aug 25, 2025 | Court Cases Education, Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases

FRANKFORT, KY – A Latino civil rights organization has filed a motion to intervene in a federal-government lawsuit seeking to eliminate the regular tuition rates paid by most students in Kentucky for students without lawful immigration status living in Kentucky,...

MALDEF FILES CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT CHALLENGING DISCRIMINATORY POLICY OF A NEW YORK CREDIT UNION

Aug 23, 2025 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, DACA, News Releases

NEW YORK — A Latino civil rights organization filed a class-action lawsuit against a New York-based credit union for denying access to loan products to recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and other immigrants solely because of their citizenship...

ILLINOIS GOV. JB PRITZKER SIGNS BILL PROTECTING EQUAL ACCESS TO PUBLIC EDUCATION FOR IMMIGRANT STUDENTS

Aug 15, 2025 | News Releases, Public Policy Education, Public Policy Immigrants' Rights

SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS – Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed into law a bill that would prohibit public schools from denying undocumented children a pre-K-12 public school education because of their actual or perceived immigration status Friday. H.B. 3247 was sponsored...

MALDEF FILES DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT ON BEHALF OF TRANSGENDER VOLLEYBALL PLAYER DENIED SCHOLARSHIP

Aug 11, 2025 | Court Cases Education, Court Cases Freedom from Open and Obvious Bias and Racism, News Releases

LOS ANGELES– A Latino civil rights organization is suing a private university and two collegiate athletic organizations for revoking a volleyball player’s scholarship offer and denying her eligibility because she is transgender, according to papers filed in federal...
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