MANHATTAN (WMDJ) – The Trump administration was hit with a lawsuit this week, seeking to block it from eliminating Job Corps, the largest U.S. job training program for low-income youth.

A trade group representing contractors that operate Job Corps centers claim the U.S. Department of Labor is violating federal law and its own regulations by abruptly shuttering the program, a plan the agency announced last week.

The announced closures affect the Carl D. Perkins Job Corps in Prestonsburg.

The program currently serves about 25,000 people at 120 Job Corps centers run by contractors.