HOUSTON, 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...
Read MoreALAMEDA, Calif. — Long-term disinvestment and mismanagement of Medi-Cal helped set the stage for COVID-19’s devastating impact on Latinos, according to a supplemental complaint the Superior Court of California in Alameda...
Read MoreMIAMI – David Rodriguez, a DACA recipient who applied for an internship at The Procter & Gamble Company, and P&G, have reached an agreement in Rodriguez v. P&G. The case sought to address P&G’s policy and...
Read MoreSAN FRANCISCO – A class-action lawsuit challenging a national bank’s policy of denying loans to DACA recipients and other immigrants because of their immigration status is being expanded, according to documents filed in federal...
Read MoreHOUSTON, Texas – A federal judge in Texas today ruled that Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is unlawful, but allowed it to continue for current recipients. U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen’s ruling permits the...
Read MoreLOS ANGELES – A transgender immigrant held in solitary confinement for approximately seven months at a Georgia immigration detention center that is under investigation for abuse is suing the federal government. MALDEF (Mexican...
Read MoreLOS ANGELES – A 2018 federal lawsuit filed by the State of Alabama and Congressman Mo Brooks that sought to exclude undocumented immigrants from the Census data used for reapportionment was dismissed on Monday. MALDEF (Mexican...
Read MoreLOS ANGELES – A Latino civil rights organization warned California state health officials and a public university healthcare system that requiring – or even appearing to require — a social security number or other...
Read MoreGREENBELT, Md. – The federal government’s continued denial of some parts of COVID-19 relief to U.S. citizens married to immigrants who pay taxes but lack social security numbers is unconstitutional, according to a Latino civil...
Read MoreWhat is Texas v. United States? It is a challenge to the legality of DACA by nine states led by Texas. Which states are challenging DACA? Texas, Alabama, Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, South Carolina, and...
Read MorePHOENIX – A last-minute agreement to prevent changes to immigration policies, between the outgoing Trump administration and Arizona state officials, is unlawful, according to a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday by a Latino civil...
Read MoreLOS ANGELES – Congressmember Debbie Lesko (AZ -08) recently said that while Latinos are “good workers,” COVID-19 vaccinations should go first to “American citizens” before “people who are here illegally.” Her remarks were made...
Read MoreBirmingham, AL – MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) is dismissing a cross-claim filed in federal court in Alabama against the Census Bureau, the U.S. Department of Commerce, the Secretary of Commerce,...
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...
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