News Releases
MALDEF CHALLENGES 2021 REDISTRICTING MAPS FOR STANISLAUS COUNTY
MALDEF INTERVENES IN HUNTINGTON BEACH LAWSUIT CHALLENGING SANCTUARY LAW ON BEHALF OF DAY LABORERS
MALDEF FILES CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT CHALLENGING DISCRIMINATORY POLICY OF GEORGIA CREDIT UNION
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A Latino civil rights organization is suing a Georgia credit union for unlawfully denying consideration for credit to recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and other immigrants solely because of their status and not their ability to repay, according to papers filed in federal court on Thursday.
MALDEF ANNOUNCES 2023-2024 LAW SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS AND RELEASES 2024-2025 SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION
LOS ANGELES – MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) is proud to announce the recipients in its 2023-2024 Law School Scholarship Program. Since its founding in 1968, MALDEF has awarded scholarships to law students committed to furthering our mission of promoting and protecting the civil rights of the Latino community in the United States.
COURT ORDERS LANDLORD TO PAY $80,000 FOR THREATENING TO CALL ICE ON TENANT
CHICAGO – An Illinois circuit court judge awarded more than $80,000 in a case brought by a Chicago couple who sued their landlords under the state’s Immigrant Tenant Protection Act (ITPA). The case, filed by MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) is the first to reach a judgment under the 2019 law, attorneys said.
APPEALS COURT SAYS ARIZONA VOTER PURGE LAW MAY BE DISCRIMINATORY
EX-TEACHER WHO THREATENED LATINO FRUIT VENDOR WITH RACIAL SLURS ORDERED TO PAY DAMAGES
MALDEF SUES TEXAS CREDIT UNION OVER DISCRIMINATORY LENDING POLICIES
JUDGE GRANTS PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF CLASS-ACTION SETTLEMENT IN DISCRIMINATORY-LENDING LAWSUIT
JUDGE GRANTS PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF CLASS-ACTION SETTLEMENT IN DISCRIMINATORY-LENDING LAWSUIT
MALDEF SUES MICHIGAN CREDIT UNION FOR DISCRIMINATORY LENDING PRACTICES
MALDEF STATEMENT ON THE PASSING OF FOUNDING BOARD MEMBER JOE. J. BERNAL
JUDGE GRANTS FINAL APPROVAL OF CLASS-ACTION SETTLEMENT IN DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT FILED BY MALDEF
MALDEF STATEMENT ON DONALD TRUMP’S THREAT TO END BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP
LOS ANGELES – Please attribute the following statement on the Trump administration’s attempt to dismantle birthright citizenship, guaranteed under the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, to MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) President and General Counsel Thomas A. Saenz: