Immigration groups ask appeals panel to reinstate refugee programs
WASHINGTON — Immigration attorneys asked a federal appeals court Wednesday to restore two injunctions against the Trump administration’s move to suspend refugee processing and to reinstate funding for refugee resettlement.
Attorneys from the International Refugee Assistance Project pushed for three judges on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to lift a stay the court issued earlier this year that narrowed a ruling from a district court judge in Washington state.
That stay allowed the Trump administration to continue blocking refugees, but said the processing for individuals conditionally approved for refugee status must continue, despite a more favorable ruling for the immigration groups at the district court level.
Earlier this year, a district court in Seattle issued two preliminary injunctions, one to block the Trump administration from ending the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program and another to resume funding to refugee assistance organizations. The judge found the president exceeded his authority in trying to end a program established by Congress.
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