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State Department orders resettlement agencies to stop funded work supporting refugees currently in the U.S.

  1. Original Date Announced

    January 24, 2025

    The State Department Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration sent letters to resettlement agencies ordering them to stop all work supporting resettled refugees through the Reception & Placement (R&P) Program that funds work to help refugees during their first three months in the country.

    Letter purports to be implementing presidential EOs, "Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid," "Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing," and "Initial Rescissions of Harmful Executive Actions."

    Trump 2.0 [ID #1450]

    2025.01.24 PRM Stop Work Letter to Resettlement Agency
  2. Effective Date

    January 24, 2025

Current Status

None

Original Trump Policy Status

Status: Reported
Trump Administration Action: Agency Directive
Subject Matter: Refugees Humanitarian
Agencies Affected: DOS

Commentary

  • 2025.01.29 Letter to Rubio Urging Revocation of the Stop Work Order

    Ranking Members of the House and Senate Judiciary Committees and Immigration Subcommittees wrote to Secretary of State Marco Rubio urging him to revoke the stop work orders that were issued to national resettlement agencies that provide services to refugees.

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