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Original Date Announced
January 24, 2025The 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."
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2025.01.24 PRM Stop Work Letter to Resettlement AgencyEffective Date
January 24, 2025Subsequent Trump and Court Action(s)
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February 10, 2025
2025.02.10 Pacito et al. v. Trump, 2:25-cv-255 (W.D. Wash.) - Complaint
On February 10, 2025, individuals and resettlement organizations sued Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other Trump administration officials over the administration's suspension of State Department and HHS funds to organizations providing overseas refugee admission assistance and domestic reception and placement services for newly arrived refugees. Pacito et al. v. Trump et al., 2:25-cv-00255 (W.D. Wash.).
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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
On February 18, 2025, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), an organization providing refugee resettlement services, filed a lawsuit in the D.C. District Court challenging the State Department's refugee funding suspension. The 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
On February 28, 2025, Judge Jamal Whitehead issued a nationwide preliminary injunction barring the Trump administration from enforcing or implementing EO 14163 ยงยง 3(a), (b), (c), and 4; suspending refugee processing, decisions, and admissions; suspending USRAP funds, including through Secretary Rubio's Jan. 24, 2025, notice; and withholding reimbursements to resettlement partners for USRAP-related work performed under cooperative agreements prior to Jan. 20, 2025. Pacito et al. v. Trump et al., 2:25-cv-00255 (W.D. Wash.).
*See litigation note above.*
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Current Status
NoneOriginal Trump Policy Status
Status: Reported In Litigation Enjoined/VacatedTrump Administration Action: Agency DirectiveSubject Matter: Refugees HumanitarianAgencies Affected: DOSAssociated or Derivative Policies
- January 20, 2025 EO 14148: "Initial Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions"
- January 20, 2025 EO 14163: "Realigning the United States Refugee Admissions Program"
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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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