Immigration advocates can sue in regular courts and are not subject to 'Catch-22' of suing in contract court
Source: Law & Crime
Oct 11th, 2025, 8:10 am
A federal court of appeals on Friday rejected efforts by the Trump administration to reopen a case related to the government's mandatory provision of legal services for children facing deportation.
Litigation began in March after an "abrupt" but brief February decision by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) to stop funding the Acacia Center for Justice "without explanation," according to the 40-page complaint.
Days later, after "a significant backlash," the funding for Acacia resumed. Then, roughly one month later, ORR sent a letter to Acacia and several other similarly situated organizations demanding they "immediately stop work" because funding had again been terminated.
In early April, U.S. District Judge Araceli Martnez-Olgun, a Joe Biden appointee, issued a temporary restraining order in the plaintiffs' favor. That relief was extended by a preliminary injunction in late April.
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Full headline: 'They have no contract': Immigration advocates can sue in regular courts and are not subject to 'Catch-22' of suing in contract court, appeals court rules in loss for Trump
Link to RULING (PDF viewer) - https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26185014-community-legal-services-v-trump-9cca/
Link to RULING (PDF) - https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26185014/community-legal-services-v-trump-9cca.pdf