Press Releases And Other Statements

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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 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.