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A three judge panel of the Fourth Court of Appeals on Monday declined a request to postpone the Trump administration’s termination of temporary protected status for nationals of Afghanistan and Cameroon. The panel wrote that although the plaintiff, the immigration advocacy organization CASA, had “stated a plausible claim for relief” and that “the balance of the equities and the public interest weigh in favor of CASA,” there is not enough evidence to warrant the postponement of the agency action. (Order.)
Judge Amir Ali (D.D.C.) on Monday granted in part plaintiffs’ motions to enforce the court’s preliminary injunction that required the Trump administration to obligate congressionally appropriated foreign aid funds. Judge Ali reiterated that “Defendants [must] obligate all … foreign assistance appropriations in accordance with Congress’s directives” before those funds expire but declined to order the government defendants to set forth a “detailed plan” describing how they will do so. (Order.)
Judge Ali on Monday also issued a preliminary injunction setting aside the acting director of the Executive Office for Immigration Review’s rescission of a policy that provides representatives for certain detained people “who are found by an immigration judge or the Board of Immigration Appeals to be incompetent to represent themselves in immigration proceedings.” (Order and opinion.)
Pending Interim Order Applications Involving the U.S. Government in the Supreme Court
Trump v. Mary Boyle: Government filed application on July 2 to stay district court order that invalidated Trump’s firing of three members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Plaintiffs filed response to application on July 11. Government filed reply on July 14.