MALDEF Sues Wells Fargo Over Loans to DACA Students
A Latino legal and civil rights organization is suing one of the nation's biggest lenders, alleging it denied loans to qualified applicants based on their immigration status. The Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF) and the law firm Outten & Golden LLP filed the federal lawsuit against Wells Fargo. In a press release announcing the lawsuit, MALDEF cited the case of Mitzie Perez, a third-year student at the University of California, Riverside. Perez successfully applied to the Obama administration's DACA program, which has allowed young immigrants without legal status...