PRACTITIONER BLOG
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Impact Fund & Amici Urge Ninth circuit to Affirm The preliminary injunction Blocking Trump Admin From Dismantling Refugee Admissions Program
Last month, the Impact Fund, Justice in Aging, Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services, and fellow social justice organizations filed an amicus brief in Pacito v. Trump in the Ninth Circuit. Pacito v. Trump, No. 2:25-cv-2:55 (W.D. Wash.).
On appeal, our amicus brief emphasizes the critical role of refugee resettlement partners in helping older adult refugees adjust to life in the United States.
Impact Fund & AMICI Urge Sixth Circuit to Affirm Class Certification in Discriminatory Water Billing Case
In October 2024, the Impact Fund and fellow amici Bet Tzedek Legal Services, Centro Legal de la Raza, Legal Aid at Work, and Public Counsel, filed a brief urging the Sixth Circuit to uphold the federal district court’s certification of a class of Black Cleveland residents who brought a lawsuit alleging discriminatory water billing practices by the City.