Iranian American Legal Defense Fund v. Rubio

In March of 2025, the Trump administration adopted a policy of providing the Iranian government with confidential information from the immigration files of Iranians seeking asylum in the United States. The asylum seekers include pro-democracy protestors, members of religious minorities such as Evangelical Christians, or members of the LGBTQ community who seek refuge in the United States because of the grave dangers they face in Iran. Disclosing their confidential information to the Iranian government violates federal regulations requiring confidentiality, endangers their family members and acquaintances who may still be residing in Iran, and puts those who are subject to removal to Iran at risk of persecution, torture, and death following their arrival in Iran.

Representing the Iranian American Legal Defense Fund, we filed a lawsuit against Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and other members of the Trump administration to stop the illegal sharing of confidential immigration files of Iranian asylum seekers with the Iranian government. The lawsuit asks the court to order the U.S. government to stop sharing asylum-applicant information with the government of Iran and to provide notice to all Iranian asylum seekers whose information was unlawfully shared with the Iranian government.