Subsequent Trump and Court Action(s)

• February 10, 2025

  2025.3.5 Pacito v. Trump, 2:25-cv-255-JNW (W.D. Wash.) - Amended Complaint

  Individuals and resettlement organizations sued Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other Trump administration officials over the suspension of DOS and HHS funds to organizations providing overseas refugee-admission assistance and domestic reception and placement services for newly arrived refugees. Pacito v. Trump, 2:25-cv-00255 (W.D. Wash.).

  On March 5, 2025, plaintiffs filed an amended complaint, which is the version included in this entry.

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• February 18, 2025

  2025.2.18 U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) v. U.S. Dep't of State, 1:25-cv-00465 (D.D.C.) - Complaint

  The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), an organization providing refugee-resettlement services, filed a lawsuit in the D.C. District Court challenging DOS's refugee-funding suspension. USCCB is one of the USRAP partner organizations impacted by the suspension. U.S. Conf. of Cath. Bishops v. U.S. Dep't of State, 1:25-cv-00465 (D.D.C.).

  *See litigation note above.*

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• February 28, 2025

  2025.2.28 Pacito et al. v. Trump et al., 2:25-cv-00255 (W.D. Wash.) - Preliminary Injunction Order

  U.S. District Judge Jamal Whitehead issued a nationwide preliminary injunction barring the Trump administration from: enforcing or implementing EO 14163 §§ 3(a), (b), (c), and 4; suspending refugee processing, decisions, and admissions; suspending USRAP funds, including through Secretary Rubio's January 24, 2025 notice; and withholding reimbursements to resettlement partners for USRAP-related work performed under cooperative agreements prior to January 20, 2025. Pacito et al. v. Trump et al., 2:25-cv-00255 (W.D. Wash.).

  **See litigation note above**

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• March 24, 2025

  2025.03.24 Second Preliminary Injunction - Pacito et al. v. Trump

  The district court found that hours after it issued the first preliminary injunction on February 28, 2025, Secretary of State Rubio began terminating all resettlement-agency cooperative agreements because they “no longer effectuate agency priorities.” The court held that the sudden terminations are likely arbitrary and capricious, and issued a second preliminary injunction enjoining the terminations and ordering the government to reinstate the cooperative agreements.

  **See litigation note above**

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• March 25, 2025

  2025.03.25 - Order Staying District Court's Preliminary Injunction in Part - Pacito v. Trump

  A panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued an order granting in part and denying in part the government's emergency motion for a stay of the district court's February 28, 2025 preliminary injunction. The court held that the preliminary injunction still "applies to individuals who were conditionally approved for refugee status by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services before January 20, 2025," because the executive order described in this entry "does not purport to revoke the refugee status" of those individuals.

  However, citing Trump v. Hawaii, 585 U.S. 667, 684 (2018), and the President's "ample power to impose entry restrictions," the panel stayed the district court's preliminary injunction in all other respects. Pacito v. Trump, No. 25-1313 (9th Cir.).

  **See litigation note above**

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• April 21, 2025

  2025.04.21 Order Clarifying Stay of Preliminary Injunction - Pacito v. Trump

  The Ninth Circuit issued an order clarifying its March 25, 2025 order staying the district court's February 28, 2025 preliminary injunction in part, in response to the government's motion to clarify the order's scope. The new order clarified that the preliminary injunction remains in effect only as applied to applicants with an approved refugee application who were cleared by USCIS for travel and "had arranged and confirmable travel plans to the United States" before January 20, 2025. The government must "resume their processing, facilitation of travel to the United States, admission, and provision of resettlement benefits after admission." Pacito v. Trump, No. 25-1313 (9th Cir.).

  **See litigation note above**

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• May 5, 2025

  2025.05.05 Compliance Framework Order - Pacito v. Trump

  The district court clarified the scope of its preliminary injunctions as narrowed by the Ninth Circuit, finding that the Ninth Circuit's order applies to all refugees who, as of January 20, 2025, had received confirmation of travel arrangements to the U.S. through some USRAP instrumentality, regardless of when the travel was scheduled to occur and who arranged it. The district court then established a framework to ensure the government's compliance. The government must take certain identified measures within seven, 14, 21, and 28 days, and provide periodic reports documenting completion of each compliance measure and providing updated information concerning the injunction-protected refugees.

  The court also ordered the government to issue notices lifting the suspension of USRAP cooperative agreements with R&P agencies, and to coordinate with R&P agencies who will provide injunction-protected refugees with resettlement support. Mandatory weekly reporting must include information about coordination efforts with the R&P agencies responsible for providing resettlement services.

  Pacito v. Trump, 2:25-cv-00255 (W.D. Wash.)

  **See litigation note above**

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