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ILLINOIS GOV. JB PRITZKER SIGNS BILL PROTECTING EQUAL ACCESS TO PUBLIC EDUCATION FOR IMMIGRANT STUDENTS

Aug 15, 2025 | News Releases, Public Policy Education, Public Policy Immigrants' Rights

SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS – Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed into law a bill that would prohibit public schools from denying undocumented children a pre-K-12 public school education because of their actual or perceived immigration status Friday.

MALDEF FILES DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT ON BEHALF OF TRANSGENDER VOLLEYBALL PLAYER DENIED SCHOLARSHIP

Aug 11, 2025 | Court Cases Education, Court Cases Freedom from Open and Obvious Bias and Racism, News Releases

LOS ANGELES– A Latino civil rights organization is suing a private university and two collegiate athletic organizations for revoking a volleyball player’s scholarship offer and denying her eligibility because she is transgender, according to papers filed in federal...

JUDGE GRANTS PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF CLASS-ACTION SETTLEMENT IN DISCRIMINATORY-LENDING LAWSUIT

Aug 6, 2025 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, DACA, News Releases

LOS ANGELES – A federal judge has granted preliminary approval of a class-action settlement between NuVision Credit Union and recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and other immigrants who were denied loans and financial services based on their immigration status rather than their ability to repay.

JUDGE ALLOWS MALDEF CLIENTS TO INTERVENE IN HUNTINGTON BEACH LAWSUIT CHALLENGING SANCTUARY LAW

Jul 31, 2025 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases

SANTA ANA – A Latino civil rights organization can intervene in a lawsuit by the city of Huntington Beach challenging California’s sanctuary law.

MALDEF TAKES A STEP TOWARD CIVIL RIGHTS LAWSUIT ON BEHALF OF U.S. CITIZEN DETAINED BY ICE

Jul 2, 2025 | Court Cases Access to Justice, Court Cases Freedom from Open and Obvious Bias and Racism, News Releases

LOS ANGELES –  A Latino civil rights organization is taking a first step toward a civil lawsuit and asking the federal government to pay damages of $1 million to a United States citizen who was assaulted and unlawfully detained by federal immigration officers in front of a Home Depot.

FEDERAL COURT ALLOWS CHALLENGE TO LAS VEGAS/ICE POLICY ON IMMIGRANT DETAINERS TO PROCEED

Jun 20, 2025 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases

LAS VEGAS –  A U.S. District Court Judge denied a request by federal immigration officials to be removed as a defendant from a challenge to the City of Las Vegas’s use of unlawful immigration detainers to hold individuals past their release dates on Friday, June 13.

MALDEF HONORS LATINO LEADERS AT 2025 CHICAGO AWARDS BANQUET

Jun 20, 2025 | News Releases

CHICAGO – MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) paid tribute in Chicago last Thursday, June 12, to three leaders who have committed their lives and careers to improving the lives of those in the Latino community and throughout the country.

MALDEF INTERVENES ON BEHALF OF STUDENTS TO DEFEND THE TEXAS DREAM ACT

Jun 11, 2025 | Court Cases Education, Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases

San Antonio – A Latino civil rights organization has filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit that rescinded in-state tuition for students without lawful immigration status in Texas, according to papers filed today.

JUDGE GRANTS FINAL APPROVAL OF CLASS-ACTION SETTLEMENT IN LENDING-DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT

Jun 4, 2025 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, DACA, News Releases

LOS ANGELES — A federal judge has granted final approval of a class-action settlement between Kinecta Credit Union, recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), and other immigrants who were denied full consideration for credit because of their immigration status.

JUDGE GRANTS FINAL APPROVAL OF CLASS-ACTION SETTLEMENT IN DISCRIMINATORY-LENDING LAWSUIT

May 28, 2025 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, DACA, News Releases

LAS VEGAS – A federal judge has granted final approval of a class-action settlement between One Nevada Credit Union and recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and other immigrants who were denied full consideration for credit because of their immigration status.

MALDEF STATEMENT ON DEADLINE TO SEEK SUPREME COURT REVIEW OF FIFTH CIRCUIT DACA RULING

May 20, 2025 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, DACA, News Releases

LOS ANGELES –  None of the parties in the case of Texas v. United States sought discretionary Supreme Court review of the Fifth Circuit decision by yesterday’s extended deadline.  The case will now move to the implementation phase with respect to the Fifth Circuit decision on the legality of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).

MALDEF HONORS LATINO LEADERS AT WASHINGTON, D.C.  AWARDS GALA

Apr 28, 2025 | News Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) paid tribute in Washington, D.C. to three leaders who have dedicated themselves to furthering the Latino community.

MALDEF CHALLENGES 2021 REDISTRICTING MAPS FOR STANISLAUS COUNTY

Apr 23, 2025 | News Releases, Voting Rights

LOS ANGELES  – A Latino civil rights group is suing Stanislaus County and its officials over county redistricting maps that violate the federal Voting Rights Act and dilute the voting strength of Latino voters, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday.

MALDEF INTERVENES IN HUNTINGTON BEACH LAWSUIT CHALLENGING SANCTUARY LAW ON BEHALF OF DAY LABORERS

Apr 18, 2025 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases

SANTA ANA – A Latino civil rights organization has filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit by the city of Huntington Beach challenging California’s sanctuary law, according to papers filed in federal court Thursday.

MALDEF FILES CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT CHALLENGING DISCRIMINATORY POLICY OF GEORGIA CREDIT UNION

Apr 3, 2025 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, DACA, News Releases

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.

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