They sued Trump to keep the money flowing.

The same organizations that built the victim-centered prosecution doctrine — and that want to see it used against MAGA — are now suing the Trump administration in federal court.

Their complaint: Trump tried to cut off their funding.

Freedom Network USA, the largest anti-trafficking coalition in the country, sued in late 2025 after DOJ moved to condition TVPA grants on certification that recipient organizations did not operate DEI programs. Their argument was direct: the anti-DEI executive order prohibits the precise terminology — trauma-informed care, culturally specific services, underserved populations — that their trafficking work requires. Strip that language, they argued, and you strip the work itself.

On March 23, 2026, a federal judge agreed. The certification requirement was enjoined nationwide as unconstitutionally vague and compelled speech under the First Amendment. The administration has not appealed. Second Amended Complaint filed May 15, 2026.

Freedom Network USA receives approximately 70% of its $4 million annual budget from the same OVC grant pipeline that funds the victim-centered approach infrastructure across the country. These are not separate issues.

The groups that designed the doctrine, trained the prosecutors, and built the case referral systems went to federal court to protect their DEI programs — because without the DEI framework, they say, there is no doctrine.

They sued Trump to keep the money flowing. The money funds the doctrine. The doctrine is aimed at organizations like his.