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
PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY SUED FOR DISCRIMINATING AGAINST IMMIGRANT POTENTIAL TENANTS
MALDEF SUES FLORIDA CREDIT UNION FOR UNLAWFULLY DENYING LOAN TO DACA RECIPIENT
MALDEF SUES CREDIT UNION FOR DISCRIMINATORY LENDING PRACTICES
MALDEF SUES MAN WHO LAUNCHED RACIST AND ANTI-IMMIGRANT TIRADE ON SANTA CLARITA STREET VENDOR
Immigrant Texans and Border Organization Sue to Block Extremist Anti-Immigrant State Law
Discover Agrees to Settle Class Action Lending Discrimination Suit Brought By DACA Recipients
MALDEF SETTLES DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT WITH CALIFORNIA CREDIT UNION
LOS ANGELES – A federal judge has granted final approval to a class-action settlement between a class of credit applicants represented by MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) and a California credit union that denied a DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) recipient a loan because of her immigration status.