Unions representing foreign service officers and federal employees at the United States Agency for International Development are suing the Trump administration to halt efforts to dismantle the agency and freeze foreign aid.
“These actions have generated a global humanitarian crisis by abruptly halting the crucial work of USAID employees, grantees, and contractors. They have cost thousands of American jobs. And they have imperiled U.S. national security interests,” the lawsuit, filed in a Washington D.C. federal court on Thursday evening, said.
The lawsuit argues only Congress can dissolve the agency and calls the Trump administration’s actions “unconstitutional and illegal.” MORE