A federal judge in Seattle blocks Trump’s effort to halt the refugee admissions system A federal judge in Seattle has blocked President Donald Trump’s effort to halt the nation’s refugee admissions system.

Pacito v. Trump: A federal judge in Seattle blocked President Donald Trump’s effort to halt the nation’s refugee admissions system Tuesday.

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UN migration agency sends out 3,000 pink slips in mass layoffs Mass jobs losses hit U.N. agencies as Trump foreign aid freeze hammers development and aid communities.

“IOM sent out pink slips [..] to 3,000 employees working on a United States resettlement program, including hundreds based at home in the latest blow to an aid and development community reeling from the Trump admin’s foreign aid funding freeze.”

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A newly filed suit challenges both the suspension of the U.S. Refugee Assistance Program and the abrupt cutoff of funding to those that aid refugees, including for work done in advance of Trump taking office.

Nine refugees are also listed as plaintiffs in the suit.

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Addressing Egregious Actions of The Republic of South Africa By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:     Section

New EO targeting South Africa:

Sec. 4: “…including admission and resettlement through the United States Refugee Admissions Program, for Afrikaners in South Africa who are victims of unjust racial discrimination”

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Advocate groups ordered to stop aiding refugees who have already arrived in US | CNN Politics The Trump administration on Friday abruptly halted services for refugees in the United States, including Afghans, according to a memo obtained by CNN, stunning agencies that provide critical support t...

“While Trump’s executive order, and the flight cancellations that followed, marked a huge blow to the refugee admissions program, Friday’s memo appears to bar agencies from providing funds and services to the refugees already in the United States.”

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Flights canceled for refugees who were slated to travel to US | CNN Politics Refugees who were slated to travel to the United States after a years-long and often cumbersome process have had their flights canceled, according to a State Department memo to resettlement partners o...

Highlights:
- all previously scheduled travel of refugees to the US is being cancelled
- no new travel bookings
- all refugee case processing and pre-departure activities are also suspended

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Exclusive: Trump administration canceling flights for nearly 1,660 Afghan refugees, say U.S official, advocate Nearly 1,660 Afghans cleared by the U.S. government to resettle in the U.S., including family members of active duty U.S. military personnel, are having their flights canceled under President Donald Trump's order suspending U.S. refugee programs, a U.S. official and a leading refugee resettlement advocate said on Monday.

Exclusive: Trump to pull nearly 1,660 Afghan refugees from flights, say US official, advocate

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Realigning the United States Refugee Admissions Program – The White House REALIGNING THE United States REFUGEE ADMISSIONS PROGRAM By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States

“Sec. 3. …direct that entry into the United States of refugees under the USRAP be suspended…This suspension shall take effect at 12:01 am eastern standard time on January 27, 2025.”

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