Judge blocks Trump's takeover of Inter-American Foundation
Source: The Hill
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Judge blocks Trump's takeover of Inter-American Foundation
by Zach Schonfeld - 04/04/25 3:51 PM ET
A federal judge blocked President Trump's takeover of a federal agency that invests in Latin America and the Caribbean, finding Friday that he likely went beyond his authority. ... U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan ordered the administration indefinitely reinstate Sara Aviel, the ousted president of the Inter-American Foundation (IAF), and stop various other efforts to gut the foundation as her lawsuit proceeds.
"Because accepting Defendants' arguments would leave parts of the Constitution in tatters, Ms. Aviel has shown a substantial likelihood of success on the merits," said AliKhan, an appointee of former President Biden.
Established by Congress in 1969 as a nonprofit corporation, the IAF funds efforts to combat poverty, migration and instability in Latin America and the Caribbean. ... The administration began efforts to gut the agency on Feb. 19, when Trump signed an order directing the IAF and several other groups be "eliminated to the maximum extent consistent with applicable law."
AliKhan’s ruling comes weeks after another judge declined to block Trump’s takeover of the U.S. African Development Foundation, another agency listed in the order.
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BREAKING: A federal judge just reinstated the head of the Inter-American Foundation, booted Pete Marocco and voided all his decisions. https://ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?2025cv0778-22
April 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM