Aug 6, 2025 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, DACA, News Releases
LOS ANGELES – A federal judge has granted preliminary approval of a class-action settlement between NuVision Credit Union and recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and other immigrants who were denied loans and financial services based on their...
Jul 31, 2025 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases
SANTA ANA – A Latino civil rights organization can intervene in a lawsuit by the city of Huntington Beach challenging California’s sanctuary law. In April, MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) filed its motion to intervene as a defendant on...
Jul 2, 2025 | Court Cases Access to Justice, Court Cases Freedom from Open and Obvious Bias and Racism, News Releases
LOS ANGELES – A Latino civil rights organization is taking a first step toward a civil lawsuit and asking the federal government to pay damages of $1 million to a United States citizen who was assaulted and unlawfully detained by federal immigration officers in front...
Jun 20, 2025 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases
LAS VEGAS – A U.S. District Court Judge denied a request by federal immigration officials to be removed as a defendant from a challenge to the City of Las Vegas’s use of unlawful immigration detainers to hold individuals past their release dates on Friday, June 13....
Jun 20, 2025 | News Releases
CHICAGO – MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) paid tribute in Chicago last Thursday, June 12, to three leaders who have committed their lives and careers to improving the lives of those in the Latino community and throughout the country. “The...
