A California man filed a proposed class action lawsuit against the $6.8 billion Kinecta Federal Credit Union in Manhattan Beach, Calif., on the allegation that it unlawfully rejected his car loan application because of his immigration status.
Rogelio Esqueda, 42, of Huntington Park claimed in his class action lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles earlier this month that the credit union unlawfully discriminated against him because he obtained his Social Security number as a recipient of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).
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