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  1. April 14, 2025

    Trump Admin Ordered To Resume Processing Refugees

    A Washington federal judge has ordered the federal government to immediately resume processing of certain refugees and also continue funding for agencies that facilitate refugee resettlement, finding that the government has not complied with previous orders.

  2. April 09, 2025

    DOJ's Stance On Refugee Program Status Vexes Wash. Judge

    A Washington federal judge expressed frustration on Wednesday with the U.S. Department of Justice's uncertainty about how long it would take to resume processing of certain refugees, citing two previous orders blocking President Donald Trump's administration from shutting down refugee admissions.

  3. March 31, 2025

    DOJ Seeking Steep Costs To Make Challengers Think Twice

    The U.S. Department of Justice is quickly implementing President Donald Trump's plan to seek huge sums of money from litigants whose cases impede his agenda but ultimately prove unsuccessful, court records show.

  4. March 25, 2025

    9th Circ. OKs Jan. 20 Pause On New Refugee Admissions

    The Ninth Circuit granted in part Tuesday the Trump administration's emergency bid to stay a preliminary injunction barring President Donald Trump from suspending the U.S. refugee program, but clarified that refugees whose requests were processed prior to Trump's Jan. 20 order must be admitted.

  5. March 21, 2025

    Judge Won't Lift Injunction On Refugee Program Shutdown

    A Washington federal judge on Friday refused to pause an order preliminarily barring President Donald Trump from suspending the U.S. refugee program and withholding federal funding for refugee services, saying the Trump administration failed to show it risked irreparable harm.

  6. March 11, 2025

    Feds Unsure When It Can Resume Refugee Program

    A "deterioration of functions" in the federal government's refugee program means the U.S. Department of State can't currently tell how long it will take to restore the program under a recent order in Washington federal court, the Trump administration informed the court.

  7. March 10, 2025

    Trump Says Refugee Groups Can't Challenge Axed Contracts

    The Trump administration urged a Washington federal judge to reject resettlement agencies' challenge to its termination of all cooperative agreements with resettlement agencies, saying the federal government has the legal authority to do so without notice if its priorities change.

  8. March 06, 2025

    Refugee Orgs. Move To Revive Axed Resettlement Contracts

    Two refugee resettlement agencies called on a Washington federal judge to issue another injunction after the Trump administration terminated all cooperative agreements with resettlement agencies just days after being barred from freezing funds for refugee services.

  9. March 04, 2025

    'Remarkable Coincidence': Judge Blasts Refugee Cuts Timing

    A Washington federal judge on Tuesday criticized the U.S. State Department for canceling resettlement contracts a day after he blocked President Donald Trump's sudden shutdown of the refugee entry program, saying he had concerns it was done to deliberately circumvent his court's ruling.

  10. March 03, 2025

    Trump's Refugee Shutdown 'Eviscerates' Law, Judge Says

    A Washington federal judge has further explained his decision to block President Donald Trump's sudden shutdown of the U.S. refugee entry program, saying the president's "America First" policy unlawfully "eviscerates" a plan approved by Congress decades ago.

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