DACA

A Latino civil rights organization filed a class-action lawsuit last week against a Central California credit union for unlawfully denying a loan to a DACA recipient on the basis of her immigration status instead of her...

SPOKANE, Wash. – A Latino civil rights organization is suing a Spokane, Washington-based credit union for unlawfully denying DACA recipients financial services based on their immigration status. MALDEF (Mexican American Legal...

LOS ANGELES – Today, MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) filed a notice of appeal in a case involving the legality of DACA. The notice of appeal in Texas v. United States, comes in response to a...

HOUSTON, Texas –  A federal judge in Texas ruled today that a Biden Administration rule issued in 2022 that formalized Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is unlawful. U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen’s ruling in Texas...

(TAMPA, FLA.) –  A Latino civil rights organization is suing a Florida credit union for discriminating against a woman who was denied a credit card solely because of her immigration status, according to documents filed in...

(NEW ORLEANS) –  Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled, in the case challenging the legality of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), that the case should return to the trial court for further...

LAS VEGAS –  A Latino civil rights organization is suing a Nevada credit union for its discriminatory policy of denying financial services to certain immigrants because of their status. MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and...

LOS ANGELES – Attorneys with MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) on Wednesday presented oral argument in Texas v. United States before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth...

LOS ANGELES – Today, we mark a decade since the Obama administration announced the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) initiative that allows young immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children without documents...

San Jose, CA – A Latino civil rights organization is suing a national credit union for unlawfully denying a car loan to a DACA recipient based on her immigration status, according to a federal lawsuit filed today. MALDEF...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – A national bank unlawfully denied bank services to a DACA recipient based solely on the individual’s immigration status, according to a federal lawsuit filed today. MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and...