Legal Action
Amica Center for Immigrant Rights v. Department of Justice
Filed in: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Summary
A coalition of nonprofits providing direct services for immigrants sued the Trump-Vance administration to block Executive Order 14159, titled “Protecting the American People Against Invasion.” The order required that all non-profit organizations providing legal services to non-citizens be subjected to an audit and cut off from federal funding. The plaintiffs argue the order violates the Administrative Procedure Act, as well as the plaintiffs’ First Amendment right to free speech. Plaintiffs seek declaratory and injunctive relief.
Plaintiffs
- Amica Center for Immigrant Rights
- American Bar Association
- American Gateways
- Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy
- Estrella del Paso
- Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project
- Immigration Center for Women and Children
- Immigration Services and Legal Advocacy
- National Immigrant Justice Center
- Northwest Immigrant Rights Project
- Pennsylvania Immigration Resource Center
- Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network
Plaintiffs' Counsel
- Amica Center for Immigrant Rights
- Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Defendants
- U.S. Department of Justice
- Executive Office for Immigration Review
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi
- Acting Director Sirce E. Owen
- Secretary Kristi Noem