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Judge declines to reinstate refugee resettlement program funding for now
A federal judge declined to direct the Trump administration to reinstate funding for refugee resettlement programs after Catholic bishops challenged the freeze, but he signaled he might do so in
Federal judge rejects Catholic bishops’ request for suspended refugee resettlement funds
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops said the State Department had failed to pay $13 million in unpaid reimbursements from November 2024, with additional costs rising since the resettlement program was suspended on Jan.
As refugee resettlement groups face funding pause, locals try to ‘step in the gap’
Scott Venable, lead pastor of Northwood Church in Keller, sees aiding refugees who resettle in his community as part of being a “good neighbor.” Last week, he said his church agreed to help 11 refugees — two families from Venezuela and one from Rwanda — who arrived in North Texas in December.
Catholic bishops sue over freeze in refugee resettlement funding
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
Judge denies emergency order restoring refugee funding to Catholic bishops group
A federal judge said the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops had failed to show it would be irreparably harmed by a delay in receiving refugee funding.
Refugee aid groups struggling amid halt in federal payments under Trump
Trump allies have said the federal government should stop funding refugee resettlement groups. Some organizations haven’t ...
Trump administration weighs closing office overseeing resettlement of Afghans to the U.S.
The office has been ordered to draw up plans to shut down, which could strand more than 250,000 Afghans, including some who ...
Exclusive: Office overseeing Afghan resettlement in US told to start planning closure, sources say
The State Department office overseeing the resettlement of Afghans in the United States has been told to develop plans to ...
Refugees and their sponsors feel stuck after halt to programs letting communities resettle newcomers
Refugees had been arriving in the United States at levels unseen in nearly three decades, aided by nonprofits and ordinary ...
‘No authority for the executive’: Judge urged to kibosh Trump admin’s ‘irrational’ and ‘indefinite’ refugee resettlement ban
"The chaos intensified when the implementing agencies arbitrarily and without explanation failed to follow even the paltry ...
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Trump order on refugees leaves NY resettlement agencies scrambling
The federal government froze funding that nonprofits used to pay caseworkers’ salaries and provide basic necessities.
Refugee resettlement in CT at risk as executive orders upend IRIS
IRIS and other refugee resettlement groups in CT are struggling amid the loss of funds and suspension of refugees entering ...
Catholic bishops sue Trump administration for ‘pulling the rug out’ from under refugee programs
Catholic leadership in the United States is suing Donald Trump ’s administration to reverse the president’s abrupt suspension ...