Washington, DC – Yesterday afternoon, the U.S. Department of Justice announced its latest lawsuits against states’ tuition equity policies for Dreamers, with new complaints against Arkansas, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, and Utah bringing the total to 25 such lawsuits filed in the past two years.
Press Releases And Other Statements
JUDGE GRANTS PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF CLASS-ACTION SETTLEMENT IN DISCRIMINATORY-LENDING LAWSUIT
PHOENIX— A federal judge has granted preliminary approval of a class-action settlement between OneAZ Credit Union and recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and other immigrants who allege they were denied loans and financial services based on their immigration status rather than their ability to repay.
MALDEF PROMOTES MARTÍN KLEIN TO SENIOR POLICY ATTORNEY
MALDEF AND SPOKANE TEACHERS CREDIT UNION REACH AGREEMENT IN LAWSUIT
MALDEF, TheDream.US, and Presidents’ Alliance React to Latest DoJ Lawsuits Against State Tuition Equity Policies
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.
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.