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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...

MALDEF APPEALS RULING IN KENTUCKY CASE BARRING UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS FROM REGULAR TUITION

Apr 3, 2026 | Court Cases Education, Press Releases And Other Statements, Tuition

FRANKFORT, Kentucky –  A Latino civil rights organization filed an appeal today from a district court decision to allow Kentucky to eliminate regular tuition rates for students without lawful immigration status living in the state. In November, MALDEF (Mexican...

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

Jan 16, 2026 | Court Cases Education, Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, Press Releases And Other Statements, Tuition

Richmond, VA – 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 Virginia, according to papers filed in federal court Thursday. MALDEF (Mexican...
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  • MALDEF REQUESTS EN BANC REVIEW IN EFFORT TO DEFEND TEXAS DREAM ACT August 25, 2026
  • MALDEF MOURNS THE PASSING OF FORMER MALDEF ATTORNEY AND BOARD MEMBER DRUCILLA STENDER RAMEY August 11, 2026
  • MALDEF MOURNS THE PASSING OF FORMER BOARD MEMBER AND CIVIL RIGHTS ADVOCATE DR. GILBERTO CÁRDENAS July 28, 2026

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