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Acusan a Wells Fargo de discriminación a beneficiarios de DACA por negarles créditos estudiantiles

Mitzie Pérez, de 25 años, solicitó en la web de Wells Fargo un crédito para pagar la última parte de sus estudios de Género en la Universidad de California, Riverside. Introdujo sus datos, detalló sus estudios y respondió a la pregunta de si era ciudadana o residente permanente. El email de respuesta decía: “Basado en …

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Lawsuit Claims Wells Fargo Denied Student Loans to ‘Dreamer’ Immigrants

Wells Fargo is under new pressure this week after a federal lawsuit was filed Monday accusing the bank of denying loans for immigrants who live, work and study in the U.S. legally. The Associated Press reports that the suit, filed by the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) in Los Angeles, claims that …

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Legal Immigrants Sue Wells Fargo for College Loans

With U.S. discrimination against immigrants making world news Monday, noncitizen college students filed a federal class action against Wells Fargo bank, accusing it of refusing them student loans though they are legally in the United States. Mitzie Perez is one of roughly 665,000 residents of the United States who has been granted Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, …

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Wells Fargo sued by DACA student for alleged loan discrimination

A college student and a Latino civil rights group sued Wells Fargo & Co. in federal court in San Francisco for allegedly denying student loans to young immigrants who have deportation deferments. The lawsuit claims the bank “outright refuses to extend loans to individuals who are not U.S. citizens or permanent residents.”   It charges that the …

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Lawsuit accuses Wells Fargo of denying student loans to young immigrants

A lawsuit filed Monday accuses banking giant Wells Fargo of illegally denying student loans to young immigrants who are protected from deportation and allowed to work and study in the U.S. under a program created by former President Obama.                                           *             *             * The young immigrants are in the country illegally but have Social Security …

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UCR student sues Wells Fargo, saying they denied her a loan because she’s a DACA immigrant

A UC Riverside student sued Wells Fargo in federal court Monday, saying the bank illegally denied loans to young immigrants who have temporary legal status under an Obama-era program. UCR student Mitzie Perez sought a student loan through Wells Fargo’s website and was denied because she acknowledged that she’s not a U.S. citizen or permanent …

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Wells Fargo Hit With Bias Suit Over DACA Immigrant Loans

Wells Fargo NA refuses to grant loans to those currently protected from deportation under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, in violation of anti-discrimination laws, according to federal putative class action filed Monday by a University of California, Riverside, student. The suit filed Monday in California federal court by plaintiff Mitzie Perez, a third-year …

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Lawsuit accuses Wells Fargo of denying student loans to young immigrants

A lawsuit filed Monday accuses banking giant Wells Fargo of illegally denying student loans to young immigrants who are protected from deportation and allowed to work and study in the U.S. under a program created by former President Obama.                                           *             *            * The young immigrants are in the country illegally but have Social Security …

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Demandan a Wells Fargo por negar créditos a inmigrantes

El banco Wells Fargo fue acusado en una demanda federal de negar ilegalmente préstamos de estudiante a inmigrantes jóvenes que están amparados de la deportación y tienen permiso para trabajar y estudiar en Estados Unidos gracias a un programa instituido por el expresidente Barack Obama. Wells Fargo dijo en un comunicado que le decepcionaba que …

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