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MALDEF APPEALS RULING ENDING REGULAR TUITION FOR UNDOCUMENTED KANSAS STUDENTS

Sep 20, 2026 | Court Cases Education, Press Releases And Other Statements, Tuition

KANSAS CITY, KS —A Latino civil rights organization filed an appeal Friday of a federal court decision ending access to regular tuition rates for students without lawful immigration status who formerly qualified under Kansas law. MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense...

MALDEF, THEDREAM.US, AND PRESIDENTS’ ALLIANCE REACT TO LATEST FOUR DOJ LAWSUITS AGAINST STATE TUITION EQUITY POLICIES

Sep 11, 2026 | Court Cases Education, DACA, Press Releases And Other Statements, Tuition

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...

MALDEF, TheDream.US, and Presidents’ Alliance React to Latest DoJ Lawsuits Against State Tuition Equity Policies  

Aug 28, 2026 | Court Cases Education, DACA, Press Releases And Other Statements, Tuition

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...

MALDEF REQUESTS EN BANC REVIEW IN EFFORT TO DEFEND TEXAS DREAM ACT

Aug 25, 2026 | Court Cases Education, Press Releases And Other Statements, Tuition

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...

MALDEF STATEMENT ON FIFTH CIRCUIT RULING TO DENY STUDENTS’ REQUEST TO DEFEND TEXAS DREAM ACT

Jul 10, 2026 | Court Cases Education, Press Releases And Other Statements, Tuition

LOS ANGELES – On Thursday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld a district court ruling that denied immigrant students in Texas the opportunity to defend a law allowing them to pay the same tuition as most students at public schools and universities....

MALDEF SEEKS TO INTERVENE ON BEHALF OF STUDENTS TO DEFEND KANSAS TUITION POLICY

Jul 2, 2026 | Court Cases Education, Press Releases And Other Statements, Tuition

KANSAS CITY, KS — A Latino civil rights organization filed a motion to intervene in a federal lawsuit seeking to eliminate regular tuition for students without lawful immigration status in Kansas, according to papers filed in federal court Wednesday. MALDEF (Mexican...
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