Court Cases Immigrants’ Rights

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

SAN FRANCISCO –  A class-action lawsuit challenging a national bank’s policy of denying loans to DACA recipients and other immigrants because of their immigration status is being expanded, according to documents filed in federal court last week.

HOUSTON, Texas –  A federal judge in Texas today ruled that Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is unlawful, but allowed it to continue for current recipients.