Trump Action Archive

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• Complaint filed: Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights v. Mullin — The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA) and Legal Services for Children (LSC) filed a complaint in the Northern District of California challenging a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) policy designating the $250 fee for Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) petitions as categorically non-waivable. The plaintiffs, representing abused, neglected, or abandoned immigrant youth who risk losing SIJS eligibility upon turning 21, allege the fee-waiver ban is arbitrary and capricious under the Administrative Procedure Act and was adopted without required notice-and-comment rulemaking. They seek vacatur of the policy and injunctive relief requiring USCIS to process SIJS fee-waiver requests under its ordinary framework.

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• Civil rights groups sue HHS over childcare funding restrictions and FOIA non-compliance — The ACLU, National Women's Law Center, and allied civil rights organizations filed suit against the Department of Health and Human Services for failing to respond to a Freedom of Information Act request regarding the Trump administration's January 2026 freeze of over $10 billion in federal childcare and family assistance funds across five states. The freeze, justified by unsubstantiated fraud claims against Somali childcare providers originating from a viral social media video, was halted by federal court order in January 2026. The lawsuit seeks disclosure of communications between federal officials and the video's creator, and demands transparency on the administration's stated rationale for the restrictions.
• FOIA lawsuit filed: American Civil Liberties Union et al. v. Department of Health and Human Services — The American Civil Liberties Union, National Women's Law Center, and National Center for Law and Economic Justice filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the Department of Health and Human Services in federal district court (D.D.C.), alleging the agency failed to timely process, grant expedited review, conduct adequate search, or release responsive records following a March 11, 2026 FOIA request. The request sought records concerning the legal and factual bases for HHS restrictions on federal child care and family-assistance funding imposed in December 2025 and January 2026, including communications with state recipients and records concerning alleged fraud allegations. HHS had released no responsive records more than 130 days after submission. Plaintiffs seek court-ordered production of records, a Vaughn index of withheld materials, waiver of fees, and attorneys' fees.

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• Thousands protest ICE shootings, voter suppression, and datacenter expansion across US — On July 18–20, 2026, thousands of Americans participated in mass protests across the country addressing three issues: ICE violence (including two fatal shootings of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and Joan Sebastián Durán Guerrero), voter suppression following a Supreme Court ruling that gutted the Voting Rights Act and state redistricting efforts, and unchecked AI datacenter expansion. The "ICE Out" coalition organized over 70 rallies demanding ICE abolition and officer arrests; voting rights groups coordinated nearly 700 events under the "Good Trouble Lives On" campaign; and conservative group Humans First organized 100+ datacenter protests in 40 states.