Raleigh, 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 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 MoreLOS ANGELES – The U.S. Supreme Court today declined to rule on the Trump administration’s impending attempt to exclude undocumented immigrants from the 2020 Census count used to allocate seats in the U.S. House of...
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 MoreATLANTA – A transgender asylum seeker held in solitary confinement for six months solely because of his gender identity is suing the federal government. MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) and the law...
Read MoreSAN FRANCISCO – A Latino civil rights group is expanding a lawsuit filed by DACA recipients challenging a national bank’s lending policies to a federal class action, according to documents filed in federal court today. MALDEF...
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 MoreOn April 23, 2019, 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 More(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Civil rights organizations have filed a motion for summary judgement in a lawsuit that seeks to block the Trump administration from unlawfully implementing new limits on DACA, according to papers filed in...
Read MoreWASHINGTON, D.C. – Chad Wolf is unlawfully serving as Acting Secretary of Homeland Security and therefore his memo placing new restrictions on DACA must be nullified, according to a federal lawsuit filed today. MALDEF (Mexican...
Read MoreGreenbelt, MD – Civil rights groups asked a federal court on Monday to prevent the Trump administration from ending the 2020 Census count more than a month early. Attorneys with MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and...
Read MoreLOS ANGELES, CA – A Latino civil rights group warned two Arizona school districts on Friday that enrollment forms seeking information about citizenship status violate the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling that guarantees every...
Read MoreGreenbelt, MD – Civil rights groups are expanding an ongoing 2019 federal lawsuit to include claims against the Trump administration’s unprecedented attempt to cut short the 2020 Census and to exclude some individuals from the...
Read MoreLOS ANGELES – A federal judge in Maryland has denied the Trump administration’s motion to dismiss a constitutional challenge to a provision of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) that discriminates...
Read MoreMay, 21, 2018: The State of Alabama and Congressman Mo Brooks file a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Commerce, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, the U.S. Census Bureau, and then-acting Census Bureau Director Ron...
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