Ahead of a formal opinion, a federal appeals court temporarily ruled September 12 that the Trump administration can suspend refugee admissions, staying previous legal decisions that had required the administration to admit some refugees who already had travel plans to the US before the suspension was announced.
The US Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit also ruled that the administration cannot stop providing services to refugees after they arrive in the US.
The stay is the latest development in Pacito v. Trump, a lawsuit brought by Church World Service, HIAS, Lutheran Community Services Northwest, and individual refugee families. The case challenges both the Trump administration’s suspension of refugee admissions and its funding freeze for refugee resettlement agencies.
