Catholic bishops are suing the Trump administration over its abrupt halt to funding of refugee resettlement, calling the action unlawful and harmful to newly arrived refugees and to the nation’s largest private resettlement program.

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) on Tuesday sued to challenge the Trump administration’s moves to block funding for refugee resettlement programs.  Immigration groups have

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said the funding freeze forced it to inform over half of its refugee resettlement staff of their termination.