[ARCHIVED - September 2025]
In the district court, a coalition of immigration legal service providers filed a lawsuit to challenge the Trump administration’s termination of funding for critical legal orientation programs (LOP) for unrepresented individuals in removal proceedings. This is Plaintiffs’ appeal of a denial of their motion for summary judgment and preliminary injunction; granting of the federal government’s motion for summary judgment as to Plaintiffs’ constitutional and ultra vires claims; and dismissal of the remainder of Plaintiffs’ claims.
Technical Summary
The plaintiff organizations brought three causes of action under the APA, arguing that the termination of LOP and ICH funding 1) is arbitrary and capricious; 2) violates the Appropriations Act; and 3) violates the First Amendment by curtailing the plaintiff organization’s free speech and free assembly rights, as well as their right to access a limited public forum and to petition the government. The amended complaint added claims that the April 16 funding termination is unlawful under the APA because it violates the TVPRA’s statutory commandment that EOIR must operate the LOPC program; violates the separation of powers, and is ultra vires.
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- 07/16/2025Appeal docketed
