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Some more good news: DACA recipients and noncitizens win two lawsuits that provide financial assistance

By immigrationprof

Building on the significant legal victory in DHS v. UC Regents are two court decisions shoring up financial assistance to DACA recipients.

Wells Fargo Bank will pay up to $19.6 milliion and change its lending policies to no longer discriminate against Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients and other noncitizens whose applications for student loans, credit cards, home mortgages, and small business loans were previously denied. The details of the settlment was made public by MALDEF and the other attorneys representing noncitiznes in Perez v. Wells Farfo, O&G and MALDEF and Pena v. Wells Fargo on June 16. Wells Fargo admits no wrongdoing as part of the citizens.

The other legal victory is an injunction of the US Department of Education’s nonbinding guidance barring colleges and univesities from granting covid-relief to noncitizens. A proposed rule formalizing the guidance is proceeding through the notice and comment period, as described here.

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