LAS VEGAS – A Latino civil rights organization is suing a Nevada credit union for its discriminatory policy of denying financial services to certain immigrants because of their status. MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and...
Read MoreAUSTIN, TEXAS – According to court documents, a federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Texas Secretary of State to release records about a state program that claims to identify non-U.S. citizens on the voter rolls. In February,...
Read MoreLOS ANGELES – A Latino civil rights organization and co-counsel recently reached a settlement in two lawsuits filed against the U.S. government on behalf of transgender clients held in solitary confinement at a Georgia...
Read MoreLOS ANGELES – On August 19, 2021, Maria Jerez, represented by MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) filed an employment discrimination lawsuit against Revature LLC. Jerez is a recipient of Deferred Action...
Read MoreLOS ANGELES – Attorneys with MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) on Wednesday presented oral argument in Texas v. United States before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth...
Read MoreLOS ANGELES – Today, we mark a decade since the Obama administration announced the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) initiative that allows young immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children without documents...
Read MoreLOS ANGELES – Today marks the 40th anniversary Plyler v. Doe, of one our nation’s most consequential constitutional decisions and a singular achievement in the history of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational...
Read MoreFresno, CA – A Latino civil rights organization filed a federal class-action lawsuit today against a Central California credit union that unlawfully denied membership and a loan to a DACA recipient based on her immigration...
Read MoreCHICAGO – A Latino civil rights organization is suing a Chicago couple who threatened to report tenants to immigration officials after a rent dispute in violation of state law, according to a lawsuit filed in state court today....
Read MoreSan Jose, CA – A Latino civil rights organization is suing a national credit union for unlawfully denying a car loan to a DACA recipient based on her immigration status, according to a federal lawsuit filed today. MALDEF...
Read MoreSACRAMENTO, Calif. – A national bank unlawfully denied bank services to a DACA recipient based solely on the individual’s immigration status, according to a federal lawsuit filed today. MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and...
Read MoreOn May 16, 2017, Jimmy David Ramirez-Castellanos and Francisco Javier Gomez Espinoza, represented by MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) filed an employment discrimination lawsuit against Nugget Market,...
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 MoreHOUSTON, TEXAS – A Latino civil rights organization and other attorneys representing DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) recipients are appealing the decision of a federal court in Texas ruling that the initiative is...
Read MoreCHICAGO – A Latino civil rights organization is suing a Cook County couple who reported a tenant to immigration officials after a rent dispute because he requested a repair in his apartment, according to a lawsuit filed in state...
Read MoreBROOKLYN, N.Y. – A Latino civil rights group is suing a national technology company for unlawfully denying a DACA recipient employment because of her immigration status, according to a class-action lawsuit filed in federal...
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