Civil Rights,
Civil Litigation,
Banking
Dec. 22, 2021
Class action against bank filed over denial of account to DACA recipient
The complaint is the latest of several MALDEF has filed on behalf of DACA benefit recipients, citing Section 1981 of the federal Civil Rights Act.
Ally Bank has illegally denied accounts to people in the country under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known as DACA, according to a complaint filed Monday.
"Defendant Ally Bank follows a policy of denying full access to checking and savings accounts, in addition to other banking products and services, to applicants who are not United States citizens or Legal Permanent Residents," wrote Deylin O. Thrift-Viveros, a staff...
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