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, according to papers filed in federal court Friday. Kentucky is among four states whose duly-enacted tuition laws have now been challenged by the Trump administration.
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MALDEF FILES DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT ON BEHALF OF TRANSGENDER VOLLEYBALL PLAYER DENIED SCHOLARSHIP
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...
MALDEF INTERVENES ON BEHALF OF STUDENTS TO DEFEND THE TEXAS DREAM ACT
MALDEF ASKS COURT TO COMPEL NEW MEXICO TO RESOLVE DEFICIENCIES IN PUBLIC EDUCATION
MALDEF STATEMENT ON U.S. SUPREME COURT’S RULING ON AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
LOS ANGELES – The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling today in (Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard, and Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina) upends a 45-year-precedent that clearly affirmed the use of race as one of several considerations in admissions.
MALDEF STATEMENT ON RULING IN COLORADO FREE SPEECH CASE
COLORADO SCHOOL DISTRICT SUED FOR VIOLATING STUDENT’S RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH
MALDEF SUES PASADENA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT OVER CLOSURES
MALDEF STATEMENT ON THE 40th ANNIVERSARY OF PLYLER v. DOE
MALDEF STATEMENT ON TEXAS GOVERNOR’S COMMENTS ON LANDMARK EDUCATION RULING
MALDEF WARNS ARIZONA SCHOOL DISTRICTS OF PLYLER VIOLATIONS
LOS ANGELES, CA – A Latino civil rights group warned two Arizona school districts on Friday that enrollment forms seeking information about citizenship status violate the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling that guarantees every child the right to a public K-12 education regardless of immigration status