Court Cases
Education
Employment
Immigrants’ Rights
MALDEF AND GRADFIN REACH AGREEMENT IN LAWSUIT
MALDEF FILES CLAIM ON BEHALF OF IMMIGRANT FOR DISCRIMINATORY TREATMENT AND PRIVACY VIOLATIONS BY HARBOR-UCLA MEDICAL CENTER
LOS ANGELES – A Latino civil rights organization is taking a first step toward a civil lawsuit and seeking $250,000 in damages from Harbor-UCLA Medical Center for an immigrant who was subjected to discriminatory and unlawful treatment while receiving medical treatment under continuous surveillance by federal immigration agents stationed in his room.
Voting Rights
MALDEF STATEMENT ON SUPREME COURT DECISION IN LOUISIANA V. CALLAIS
LOS ANGELES – The U.S. Supreme Court today ruled that Louisiana’s creation of a second majority-Black district to remedy discrimination in the state’s congressional map violates the U.S. Constitution in Louisiana v. Callais, a landmark case that dismantled long-standing protections for minority voters in redistricting.
MALDEF SEEKS TO INTERVENE IN MISSOURI-LED CHALLENGE TO CENSUS ON BEHALF OF LATINO ORGANIZATION AND VOTERS
CHICAGO, IL. – A Latino civil rights organization filed a motion to intervene in a federal lawsuit seeking to exclude undocumented immigrants and certain other non-citizens from the 2030 Census count used to allocate congressional seats and Electoral College votes, according to papers filed in federal court on Wednesday.
Access to Justice
EIGHTEEN CHICAGO RESIDENTS BRUTALIZED BY FEDERAL AGENTS DURING A MILITARY-STYLE IMMIGRATION RAID FILE LEGAL CLAIMS SEEKING ACCOUNTABILITY AND JUSTICE
CHICAGO, IL – On Tuesday, a coalition of civil rights organizations submitted administrative complaints under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) on behalf of eighteen people who were unlawfully arrested and brutalized by federal agents during a military-style raid on their apartment building last fall during Operation Midway Blitz.
MALDEF TAKES STEP TOWARD CIVIL RIGHTS LAWSUIT ON BEHALF OF THREE U.S. CITIZEN SIBLINGS DETAINED BY ICE
BROWNSVILLE, TX — A Latino civil rights organization is taking a first step toward a civil lawsuit and asking the federal government to pay damages of $2.5 million each to three United States citizens who were allegedly assaulted, unlawfully arrested, and detained by...
Freedom from open and obvious bias and racism
EIGHTEEN CHICAGO RESIDENTS BRUTALIZED BY FEDERAL AGENTS DURING A MILITARY-STYLE IMMIGRATION RAID FILE LEGAL CLAIMS SEEKING ACCOUNTABILITY AND JUSTICE
CHICAGO, IL – On Tuesday, a coalition of civil rights organizations submitted administrative complaints under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) on behalf of eighteen people who were unlawfully arrested and brutalized by federal agents during a military-style raid on their apartment building last fall during Operation Midway Blitz.
MALDEF TAKES STEP TOWARD CIVIL RIGHTS LAWSUIT ON BEHALF OF THREE U.S. CITIZEN SIBLINGS DETAINED BY ICE
BROWNSVILLE, TX — A Latino civil rights organization is taking a first step toward a civil lawsuit and asking the federal government to pay damages of $2.5 million each to three United States citizens who were allegedly assaulted, unlawfully arrested, and detained by...