Jul 2, 2025 | Court Cases Access to Justice, Court Cases Freedom from Open and Obvious Bias and Racism, Press Releases And Other Statements
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...
Mar 1, 2025 | Court Cases Freedom from Open and Obvious Bias and Racism, Press Releases And Other Statements
LOS ANGELES – A former public school teacher who launched a racist and anti-immigrant tirade against a Santa Clarita street vendor was ordered by a judge to pay over $49,000 for his harmful actions. MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) filed...
Feb 5, 2025 | Court Cases Freedom from Open and Obvious Bias and Racism, Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, DACA, Press Releases And Other Statements
LOS ANGELES – A federal judge has granted preliminary approval of a class-action settlement between Kinecta Credit Union and recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and other immigrants who were denied full consideration for credit because of their...
Jan 13, 2025 | Court Cases Freedom from Open and Obvious Bias and Racism, Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, Press Releases And Other Statements
SAN ANTONIO – A Latino civil rights organization has filed a lawsuit against an El Paso, Texas man who threatened migrants by pointing a gun at them on New Year’s Eve in 2022 and New Year’s Day in 2023, according to papers filed in state court last month. MALDEF...
May 1, 2024 | Court Cases Access to Justice, Court Cases Freedom from Open and Obvious Bias and Racism, Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, Press Releases And Other Statements
LOS ANGELES – A former public school teacher who launched a racist and anti-immigrant tirade against a Santa Clarita street vendor is being sued by a Latino civil rights group for civil assault and violating California civil rights laws. MALDEF (Mexican American Legal...
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. Villasano had been asking the school district since April to be allowed to wear the sash...
