Immigrants’ Rights
Protecting Immigrants’ Rights
Throughout our history, we’ve been on the frontlines of some of the most important legal battles to protect immigrants’ rights, taking on unconstitutional federal, state, and local measures including California’s Proposition 187, Arizona’s SB 1070, and more recent restrictions in Texas in SB 4. We’ve challenged unlawful detention and raids, fought to protect the right of day laborers to seek work, and defended the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) initiative that offers temporary relief to young immigrants brought to this country as children.
Today, MALDEF continues to work to eliminate barriers that prevent immigrants from achieving full integration into society, and to target private anti-immigrant discriminators as well.
Immigrants’ Rights
MALDEF CHALLENGES DISCRIMINATORY ENROLLMENT POLICY OF PRIVATE HEALTH PROFESSIONS SCHOOL
MALDEF SUES PENNSYLVANIA STUDENT LOAN REFINANCING AND CONSULTATION COMPANY FOR DISCRIMINATORY ANTI-IMMIGRANT PRACTICES
MALDEF SUES HUNTINGTON BEACH CREDIT UNION FOR DISCRIMINATORY ANTI-IMMIGRANT LENDING PRACTICES
JUDGE GRANTS PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF CLASS-ACTION SETTLEMENT IN DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT
Status of Texas v. United States (DACA)
On October 10, 2024, attorneys with MALDEF, the State of New Jersey, the U.S. Department of Justice and the State of Texas will present oral argument before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans. The hearing involves a Texas-led challenge to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).
MALDEF AND NOBLE CREDIT UNION REACH PRELIMINARY SETTLEMENT IN CLASS-ACTION DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT
JUDGE REJECTS TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL’S EFFORT TO SHUT DOWN HOUSTON NON-PROFIT
(HOUSTON) – A Texas state judge denied Attorney General Ken Paxton’s attempt to sue a Houston-based non-profit, according to an order entered on Friday. Today’s ruling prevents Paxton’s proposed lawsuit from moving forward and also denies Paxton’s request for a temporary injunction to shut down the non-profit.