SEATTLE – Latino employees of the Clark County, Washington Public Works Department are subject to harassment and discrimination by supervisors and coworkers, according to a lawsuit filed today in federal court. MALDEF (Mexican...
Read MoreRaleigh, N.C. – ExxonMobil unlawfully denied a DACA recipient a job based on his immigration status, according to a class-action lawsuit filed last Thursday in federal court. MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and...
Read MoreLOS ANGELES – MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) held a press briefing Monday to discuss the recent updates to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and an upcoming hearing in Texas in a...
Read MoreOn June 15, 2012, the Obama administration announces the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) initiative, which allows undocumented young immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children to temporarily remain in the...
Read MoreNEW YORK – On May 12, 2020, MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) filed a lawsuit on behalf of an individual job applicant work-authorized through DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals), which...
Read MoreMIAMI – A federal judge in Florida has rejected a request by Procter & Gamble to immediately appeal the judge’s earlier denial of summary judgment to the company. The order comes in a discrimination lawsuit filed by David M....
Read MoreLOS ANGELES – Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) issued the following statement in response to the Trump administration’s new memo that seeks to...
Read MoreMIAMI – A federal judge has ruled that a class-action lawsuit filed by DACA recipients challenging Procter & Gamble’s discriminatory hiring practice will move to trial. The decision by a Florida federal court clears the way...
Read MoreSACRAMENTO, Calif. – A federal judge has ruled that a lawsuit filed by two Latino supermarket workers who allege that they were harassed by their supervisors with taunts about then-candidate Donald Trump’s views on immigration...
Read More(LOS ANGELES ) – On January 30, 2019, Russell Aguilar, represented by MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) filed an employment discrimination lawsuit against the Housing Authority for the County of...
Read MoreNEW YORK – A New York bank unlawfully denied a Harvard graduate who is authorized to work in the United States a job because of her immigration status, according to a federal lawsuit filed today. MALDEF (Mexican American Legal...
Read MoreLOS ANGELES – On October 30, 2019, Carlos Abanto Shinno, represented by MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) filed an employment discrimination lawsuit against Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)....
Read MoreSAN JOSE, CA – A Palo-Alto-based multinational information technology company engaged in employment discrimination against a young immigrant who is authorized to work in this country, according to a federal lawsuit filed today....
Read MoreOn April 5, 2018, MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) filed a lawsuit, on behalf of an individual job applicant work-authorized through DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals), which alleged that...
Read MoreLOS ANGELES – A multi-national tech company based in Northern California illegally discriminated in employment against Dreamers and other immigrants who are authorized to work in the U.S., according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday in...
Read MoreLOS ANGELES – A former Marin Housing Authority employee who faced a hostile work environment that included anti-Latino and homophobic comments was fired shortly after he complained to his supervisor, according to a lawsuit...
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