Washington, DC – This afternoon, the U.S. Department of Justice announced it had filed four new lawsuits against states’ tuition equity policies for Dreamers, with lawsuits against Arizona, New Mexico, Oregon, and Washington bringing the total to twenty-one such lawsuits filed in the past two years.
Press Releases And Other Statements
MALDEF APPEALS RULING IN PASADENA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOL-CLOSURE CASE, FILES OPENING BRIEF
MALDEF REQUESTS EN BANC REVIEW IN EFFORT TO DEFEND TEXAS DREAM ACT
NEW ORLEANS – A Latino civil rights group has requested en banc review by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit of a panel decision upholding a ruling that denied immigrant students in Texas the opportunity to intervene in a case where Texas and the federal government agreed to strike down a Texas law that allowed the students to pay the same tuition as most students at public schools and universities.
MALDEF MOURNS THE PASSING OF FORMER MALDEF ATTORNEY AND BOARD MEMBER DRUCILLA STENDER RAMEY
LOS ANGELES—MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) mourns the passing of Drucilla “Dru” Stender Ramey, a pioneering civil rights attorney, legal educator, and longtime champion of equality and opportunity. A former MALDEF attorney and member of MALDEF’s Board of Directors, Ramey died on August 3, 2026, at 80.
MALDEF MOURNS THE PASSING OF FORMER BOARD MEMBER AND CIVIL RIGHTS ADVOCATE DR. GILBERTO CÁRDENAS
MALDEF AND MUNICIPAL CREDIT UNION RESOLVE LAWSUIT
A recipient of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) who challenged the denial of an automobile loan by a New York Credit Union has reached a confidential resolution of a lawsuit filed against that credit union. That lawsuit was filed by MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) on behalf of Jose Uri Perez Fernandez. The case was settled on a non-class basis to the satisfaction of the named Plaintiff and Defendant.
MALDEF STATEMENT ON FIFTH CIRCUIT RULING TO DENY STUDENTS’ REQUEST TO DEFEND TEXAS DREAM ACT
MALDEF CHALLENGES REDISTRICTING MAP IN CITY OF GREELEY, CO
SAN ANTONIO—A Latino civil rights organization is suing the City of Greeley, Colorado, and its officials over the City Council redistricting map because it violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and dilutes the representation of Latino residents, according to a lawsuit filed Monday in federal court.
MALDEF SEEKS TO INTERVENE ON BEHALF OF STUDENTS TO DEFEND KANSAS TUITION POLICY
MALDEF SUES NORTH CAROLINA FINANCIAL INSTITUTION AND TULSA DEALERSHIP FOR DISCRIMINATORY LENDING PRACTICES
PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY SUED AGAIN FOR DISCRIMINATING AGAINST IMMIGRANT POTENTIAL TENANTS
MALDEF HONORS LEADERS ADVANCING LATINO CIVIL RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY AT CHICAGO AWARDS GALA
JUDGE GRANTS FINAL APPROVAL OF CLASS-ACTION SETTLEMENT IN UNIVERSITY DISCRIMINATORY POLICY LAWSUIT
LOS ANGELES — A state judge has granted final approval of a class-action settlement between A.T. Still University (ATSU) and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients and other immigrant students who were denied enrollment at ATSU’s California campus because of their immigration status.
EIGHTEEN CHICAGO RESIDENTS BRUTALIZED BY FEDERAL AGENTS DURING A MILITARY-STYLE IMMIGRATION RAID FILE LEGAL CLAIMS SEEKING ACCOUNTABILITY AND JUSTICE
CHICAGO, IL – On Tuesday, a coalition of civil rights organizations submitted administrative complaints under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) on behalf of eighteen people who were unlawfully arrested and brutalized by federal agents during a military-style raid on their apartment building last fall during Operation Midway Blitz.