Court Cases Immigrants' Rights Archives - Page 3 of 52

MALDEF SETTLES TWO LAWSUITS AGAINST THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ON BEHALF OF TRANSGENDER DETAINEES

Jul 13, 2022 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases

LOS ANGELES – A Latino civil rights organization and co-counsel recently reached a settlement in two lawsuits filed against the U.S. government on behalf of transgender clients held in solitary confinement at a Georgia immigrant detention center.

MALDEF AND REVATURE LLC REACH CONFIDENTIAL RESOLUTION OF EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT

Jul 12, 2022 | Court Cases Employment, Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, DACA, News Releases

LOS ANGELES – On August 19, 2021, Maria Jerez, represented by MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) filed an employment discrimination lawsuit against Revature LLC. Jerez is a recipient of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). The suit alleged that Jerez was denied the opportunity to compete for an employment position at Revature because of her immigration status.

MALDEF STATEMENT ON DACA APPEAL

Jul 7, 2022 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, DACA, News Releases

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 Circuit in New Orleans.

MALDEF STATEMENT ON THE 10th ANNIVERSARY OF DACA

Jun 16, 2022 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, DACA, News Releases

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 to remain here and obtain renewable work visas.

MALDEF STATEMENT ON THE 40th ANNIVERSARY OF PLYLER v. DOE

Jun 15, 2022 | Court Cases Education, Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases, Plyler v. Doe, Public Policy, Public Policy Education, Public Policy Immigrants' Rights

LOS ANGELES – Today marks the 40th anniversary Plyler v. Doe, of one our nation’s most consequential constitutional decisions and a singular achievement in the history of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund).

CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATION SUES LANDLORD FOR THREATENING TO CALL ICE ON TENANTS

May 31, 2022 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases

CHICAGO – A Latino civil rights organization is suing a Chicago couple who threatened to report tenants to immigration officials after a rent dispute in violation of state law, according to a lawsuit filed in state court today.

MALDEF SUES CREDIT UNION FOR DISCRIMINATING AGAINST DACA RECIPIENT

Mar 16, 2022 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, DACA, News Releases

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 SUES NATIONAL BANK FOR POLICY THAT DISCRIMINATES AGAINST DACA RECIPIENTS

Dec 21, 2021 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, DACA, News Releases

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.

Resolution reached

Dec 21, 2021 | Court Cases Employment, Court Cases Immigrants' Rights

On May 16, 2017, Jimmy David Ramirez-Castellanos and Francisco Javier Gomez Espinoza, represented by MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) filed an employment discrimination lawsuit against Nugget Market, Inc.

Texas v United States: A Timeline of The Fight to Protect DACA

Oct 27, 2021 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, DACA

On June 15, 2012, the Obama administration announces the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) initiative, which allows undocumented young immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children to temporarily remain in the U.S. and obtain work visas for two years at a time.

MALDEF STATEMENT ON APPEAL OF COURT RULING THAT DACA IS UNLAWFUL

Sep 10, 2021 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, DACA, News Releases

HOUSTON, TEXAS – A Latino civil rights organization and other attorneys representing DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) recipients are appealing the decision of a federal court in Texas ruling that the initiative is unlawful, according to papers filed in federal court today.

CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATION SUES LANDLORD FOR CALLING ICE ON TENANT

Sep 3, 2021 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases

CHICAGO – A Latino civil rights organization is suing a Cook County couple who reported a tenant to immigration officials after a rent dispute because he requested a repair in his apartment, according to a lawsuit filed in state court today.

TECH COMPANY SUED FOR DENYING JOBS TO DACA RECIPIENTS

Aug 19, 2021 | Court Cases Employment, Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, DACA, News Releases

BROOKLYN, N.Y. – A Latino civil rights group is suing a national technology company for unlawfully denying a DACA recipient employment because of her immigration status, according to a class-action lawsuit filed in federal court today.

Lawsuit Alleges COVID-19’s Disparate Impact on Latinos in California Partially Driven by Disinvestment in Medi-Cal

Aug 18, 2021 | Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, News Releases

ALAMEDA, Calif. — Long-term disinvestment and mismanagement of Medi-Cal helped set the stage for COVID-19’s devastating impact on Latinos, according to a supplemental complaint the Superior Court of California in Alameda County granted plaintiffs leave to file on August 16, 2021.

Agreement Reached in Class Action Hiring Discrimination Case Brought By DACA recipient

Jul 30, 2021 | Court Cases Employment, Court Cases Immigrants' Rights, DACA, News Releases

MIAMI – David Rodriguez, a DACA recipient who applied for an internship at The Procter & Gamble Company, and P&G, have reached an agreement in Rodriguez v. P&G. The case sought to address P&G’s policy and practice of screening out non-U.S. citizens applicants unless they held a long-term work authorization.

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