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 ...
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 ...
Trump halted work of welcoming legal refugees, but Columbus agencies, people still need help
Trump put a stop on resettlement agencies from helping legal refugees who just arrived, often with nothing. Columbus agencies ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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Groups Sue Over Trump’s Pause on Refugee Admissions
The lawsuit by advocacy organizations aims to bring back the resettlement of refugees in the United States after President Trump halted the program. By Hamed Aleaziz Reporting from Washington A ...
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 ...
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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.