DACA

MALDEF is working to protect DACA in court, and challenging companies and financial institutions who discriminate against DACA recipients.​

DACA

MALDEF AND MUNICIPAL CREDIT UNION RESOLVE LAWSUIT

A recipient of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) who challenged the denial of an automobile loan by a New York Credit Union has reached a confidential resolution of a lawsuit filed against that credit union. That lawsuit was filed by MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) on behalf of Jose Uri Perez Fernandez. The case was settled on a non-class basis to the satisfaction of the named Plaintiff and Defendant.

MALDEF APPEALS COURT RULING IN DISCRIMINATORY LENDING CASE

PHOENIX – A Latino civil rights organization is appealing a district court decision to compel arbitration in a class-action lawsuit against a Texas credit union. The lawsuit challenged GECU Federal Credit Union’s (GECU) policy of unlawfully refusing to consider loans and financial services to certain immigrants because of their status rather than their credit-worthiness.

MALDEF FILES CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT CHALLENGING DISCRIMINATORY POLICY OF A NEW YORK CREDIT UNION

NEW YORK — A Latino civil rights organization filed a class-action lawsuit against a New York-based credit union for denying access to loan products to recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and other immigrants solely because of their citizenship status, according to papers filed in federal court on Friday.

FEDERAL COURT DENIES PROPERTY COMPANY’S MOTION TO DISMISS IN HOUSING DISCRIMINATION CASE

NEW JERSEY — A federal court has denied a motion to dismiss filed by two defendants in a housing discrimination lawsuit challenging their policy of refusing to rent to recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and other immigrants based solely on immigration status.  One of the three defendants, Inverness Apartments, LLC, was dismissed with the possibility of being renamed if evidence shows it is complicit in the discrimination by the other defendants.

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.