Sep 22, 2025 | Court Cases Education, Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, Press Releases And Other Statements, Tuition
WICHITA FALLS, TX —A Latino civil rights organization filed an appeal of a federal district court decision that denied some immigrant students the opportunity to defend a law allowing them to pay the same tuition as most students at public schools and universities in...
Aug 25, 2025 | Court Cases Education, Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, Press Releases And Other Statements, Tuition
FRANKFORT, KY – A Latino civil rights organization has filed a motion to intervene in a federal-government lawsuit seeking to eliminate the regular tuition rates paid by most students in Kentucky for students without lawful immigration status living in Kentucky,...
Jun 11, 2025 | Court Cases Education, Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, Press Releases And Other Statements, Tuition
San Antonio – A Latino civil rights organization has filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit that rescinded in-state tuition for students without lawful immigration status in Texas, according to papers filed today. MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and...
Sep 12, 2017 | Court Cases Education, Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, Press Releases And Other Statements, Tuition
RICHMOND, VA – MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) will present oral argument to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Wednesday. MALDEF is asking the court to reverse a district judge’s ruling that allows South...
Aug 28, 2017 | Court Cases Education, Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, Press Releases And Other Statements, Tuition
Los Angeles, CA – A civil rights group is urging the Arizona Supreme Court to uphold a trial court’s ruling that allows a community college to charge young immigrants granted federal protection from deportation a lower in-state tuition rate. MALDEF (Mexican...
Jun 13, 2017 | Court Cases Education, Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, Press Releases And Other Statements, Tuition
Washington, D.C. – The District of Columbia will no longer deny college tuition assistance to U.S. citizens based on their parents' immigration status, according to MALDEF. The change in policy follows a decision by the District of Columbia to settle a lawsuit...
