Discrimination
The U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce faces a $17 million federal complaint alleging that female employees are subjected to “sexual harassment, sexual assault” and a hostile work environment from the “boys club” directors.
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Challenge to Texas Judicial Elections Shot Down
Republican dominance in Texas elections explains why only two of 18 judges on the state’s highest courts are Latino, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, dismissing a Voting Rights Act lawsuit brought by Hispanic voters.
Read moreACLU Sues Arizona Secretary of State Over Voter Rolls
Arizona’s secretary of state is systematically disenfranchising thousands of primarily low-income Hispanic voters by not using state driver’s license records to update voter registration rolls, according to a federal lawsuit filed Monday by three nonprofits.
Read moreLong Island Latinos Challenge Islip Board Make-Up
Calling for the chance to elect town board representatives by district, Latinos living in Islip, New York, brought a federal complaint to overhaul the town’s at-large voting system.
Read moreLatino Voters Boosted Turnout in California Primaries
Boosted by an infusion of Latino voters in Southern California and a new voting system in five counties, California’s primary turnout recorded a sharp increase this month.
Read moreImmigrants Sue Over Minor Refugee Program Shutdown
A group of Central American immigrants has filed a class action lawsuit against the Trump administration over the secret termination of a refugee program that gave children fleeing violence in the region a path to reunification with their parents in the United States.
Read moreSenate Confirms Trump’s First Latino Nominee to Federal Court in Texas
The Senate on Tuesday unanimously confirmed President Donald Trump’s first Latino judicial nominee to a seat on a federal court in Texas.
Read moreAttorney Linked to Viral Video Hit With Formal Grievance
A formal grievance letter filed with court officials Thursday takes aim at a lawyer identified in a viral video where a white man threatens New York City restaurant workers with deportation.
Read moreKern County Ordered to Refranchise Latino Voters
Kern County at the southern end of California’s great Central Valley will implement new voting districts and pay plaintiff $3 million in legal fees after disenfranchising Latino voters for nearly a decade.
Read moreJudge in DACA Case Zeroes In on Bigoted Trump Statements
A federal judge who blocked the rollback of former President Barack Obama’s signature immigration program chided the government Thursday for what he described as a remarkable attempt to exclude consideration of President Donald Trump’s comments on the case.
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Immigration agents arrested a native-born Latina citizen of the United States though she showed ID proving her citizenship and she was not suspected of committing a crime, then drove her 55 miles across a state line and after jailing her for hours put her on the street at night with no money and no way to get home, she claims in a federal complaint.
Read moreJudge Blasts Anti-Latino Bias in Kern County Redistricting
In a rare challenge of a California voting district, a federal judge sided with residents that Kern County “dilutes” Latino voters’ influence through discriminatory district lines drawn in 2011.
Read moreTexas Defends Against Latino Voting-Rights Claims
There are only two Latinos out of 18 judges on Texas’ highest courts, and a federal trial that started Monday will examine voters’ claims that the state’s electoral system for these courts dilutes the Latino vote.
Read moreThe White House’s Promised Spanish Website? Nada de Nada
A year into the Trump administration, the White House website still has no Spanish-language content, unlike during the two previous administrations and even though nearly 1 in 5 people in the United States speaks Spanish.
Read moreJudge Fixates on Trump’s Racial Rhetoric at DACA Hearing
A federal judge called out President Donald Trump’s “recurring, redundant drumbeat of anti-Latino commentary” on Tuesday at a hearing on the immigration program his administration abruptly terminated.
Read moreJudge Tosses Family’s Suit Over Son’s Police Shooting Death
A federal judge tossed a highly publicized lawsuit against the San Diego Police Department over the shooting death of an unarmed homeless man.
Read moreCalifornia Accuses Unlicensed Rehab Clinics of Brutalities
California on Tuesday accused two dozen people and several businesses of operating unlicensed rehabilitation clinics that use dangerous methods to treat Spanish-speaking people — and may have contributed to the deaths of as many as 45 of them.
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Long Island Town’s Day-Laborer Law Struck Down
The Second Circuit was divided 2-1 Tuesday in striking down a municipal ban against roadside job in the small Long Island town of Oyster Bay.
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Class Claims Medi-Cal Discriminates Against Latinos
Medi-Cal recipients and a major union sued California’s top health care officials in a class action Wednesday, accusing them of steadily cutting spending on the state’s health insurance program as the number of Latino Medi-Cal enrollees surged in the past two decades.
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