The suit was filed Tuesday by the Southeastern Legal Foundation on behalf of the Turning Point USA chapter at the university and the Leadership Institute.

It alleges the university charged the student groups over $5,000 in security fees to host Gaines due to her views on biological men competing in women's sports, which resulted in massive protests at other schools.

"Rather than meet its duty to staff security with money from its multi-million dollar endowment, to protect the students, and to remove any potential hecklers from the crowd, UNM instead imposed a hefty fee on the students that they surely would not be able to afford," the Southeastern Legal Foundation stated.