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MALDEF STATEMENT ON FIFTH CIRCUIT RULING TO DENY STUDENTS’ REQUEST TO DEFEND TEXAS DREAM ACT

Jul 10, 2026 | Court Cases Education, Press Releases And Other Statements, Tuition

LOS ANGELES – On Thursday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld a district court ruling that denied immigrant students in Texas the opportunity to defend a law allowing them to pay the same tuition as most students at public schools and universities.

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

Jul 2, 2026 | Court Cases Education, Press Releases And Other Statements, Tuition

KANSAS CITY, KS — A Latino civil rights organization filed a motion to intervene in a federal lawsuit seeking to eliminate regular tuition for students without lawful immigration status in Kansas, according to papers filed in federal court Wednesday. MALDEF (Mexican...

MALDEF APPEALS RULING IN KENTUCKY CASE BARRING UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS FROM REGULAR TUITION

Apr 3, 2026 | Court Cases Education, Press Releases And Other Statements, Tuition

FRANKFORT, Kentucky – A Latino civil rights organization filed an appeal today from a district court decision to allow Kentucky to eliminate regular tuition rates for students without lawful immigration status living in the state.

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

Jan 16, 2026 | Court Cases Education, Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, Press Releases And Other Statements, Tuition

Richmond, VA – A Latino civil rights organization filed a motion to intervene in a federal lawsuit seeking to eliminate regular tuition for students without lawful immigration status in Virginia, according to papers filed in federal court Thursday.

JUDGE ALLOWS IMMIGRANT STUDENTS TO INTERVENE TO DEFEND KENTUCKY TUITION POLICY

Nov 20, 2025 | Court Cases Education, Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, Press Releases And Other Statements, Tuition

FRANKFORT, KY– Students represented by MALDEF, a Latino civil rights organization, can intervene in a federal-government lawsuit seeking to eliminate regular tuition rates for students without lawful immigration status in Kentucky, according to a court order issued yesterday.

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

Nov 5, 2025 | Court Cases Education, Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, Press Releases And Other Statements, Tuition

MUSKOGEE, Okla. — A Latino civil rights organization filed a motion last week to intervene in a lawsuit that rescinded regular tuition for students without lawful immigration status in Oklahoma.

MALDEF FILES APPEAL OF COURT DECISION BLOCKING STUDENTS FROM DEFENDING THE TEXAS DREAM ACT

Sep 22, 2025 | Court Cases Education, Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, Press Releases And Other Statements, Tuition

WICHITA FALLS, TX —A Latino civil rights organization filed an appeal of a federal district court decision that denied some immigrant students the opportunity to defend a law allowing them to pay the same tuition as most students at public schools and universities in Texas.

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

Aug 25, 2025 | Court Cases Education, Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, Press Releases And Other Statements, Tuition

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.

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, Press Releases And Other Statements

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

Jun 11, 2025 | Court Cases Education, Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, Press Releases And Other Statements, Tuition

San Antonio – A Latino civil rights organization has filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit that rescinded in-state tuition for students without lawful immigration status in Texas, according to papers filed today.

MALDEF ASKS COURT TO COMPEL NEW MEXICO TO RESOLVE DEFICIENCIES IN PUBLIC EDUCATION

Sep 17, 2024 | Court Cases Education, Press Releases And Other Statements

SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO – Civil rights attorneys are asking a state court to force New Mexico education officials to come up with a plan to address longstanding deficiencies in the state’s K-12 public education system.

MALDEF STATEMENT ON U.S. SUPREME COURT’S RULING ON AFFIRMATIVE ACTION

Jun 29, 2023 | Court Cases Education, Press Releases And Other Statements

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

May 27, 2023 | Court Cases Education, Court Cases Freedom from Open and Obvious Bias and Racism, Media, Press Releases And Other Statements

LOS ANGELES – A federal court has refused to temporarily block a Colorado school district’s rule that bars a student from wearing a sash honoring her Mexican American heritage.

COLORADO SCHOOL DISTRICT SUED FOR VIOLATING STUDENT’S RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH

May 25, 2023 | Court Cases Access to Justice, Court Cases Education, Press Releases And Other Statements

DENVER, COLORADO – A Colorado school district’s decision to ban a student from wearing a sash at her graduation ceremony that honors her Mexican American heritage is unconstitutional, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday.

MALDEF SUES PASADENA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT OVER CLOSURES

Jan 4, 2023 | Court Cases Education, Press Releases And Other Statements

LOS ANGELES – A Latino civil rights organization is challenging the closure of elementary schools that serve high concentrations of Latino students in the Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD), according to papers filed in Los Angeles Superior Court Friday.

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