{"id":2404203,"date":"2025-02-19T11:41:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T16:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/catholic-bishops-sue-trump-admin-over-refugee-funding-halt\/"},"modified":"2025-02-19T11:44:09","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T16:44:09","slug":"catholic-bishops-sue-trump-admin-over-refugee-funding-halt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/catholic-bishops-sue-trump-admin-over-refugee-funding-halt\/","title":{"rendered":"Catholic bishops sue Trump admin over refugee funding halt"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcatholic-bishops-sue-trump-admin-over-refugee-funding-halt%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2404203&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>the U.S. Conference \u200cof Catholic Bishops \u2064(USCCB) has filed a lawsuit against the trump management \u2062over the termination of federal \u2062funding that was essential for\u200d their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-spent-nearly-20-billion-on-refugee-resettlement-in-just-two-years\/\" title=\"Biden Admin&#039;s ... Costs Reach B in 2 Years\">refugee assistance programs<\/a>. the lawsuit\u200c claims that the administration halted payments totaling \u2064$65 million, intended for\u200c supporting \u2064the needs \u200band integration of\u2064 asylum seekers, leaving the USCCB with $13 million in \u200bunpaid reimbursements and\u200b unable to pay its subrecipients, totaling \u200b$11.6 million.\u200d The organization is currently caring for over 6,700 asylum\u2063 seekers\u2063 and asserts that the sudden loss of funds threatens its ability to provide necessary support. The lawsuit highlights that USCCB spends more on refugee resettlement \u2062than\u2064 it receives from the\u200c government and aims to protect its programs under the care of the \u200cfederal government. The situation arose after a\u2062 State Department letter was\u2062 issued \u200cto \u200dsuspend foreign aid\u200d programs, although USCCB provides domestic assistance.\u200b The case includes claims against various \u2063federal departments and raises broader concerns about support for immigrants amid \u200daccusations from <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">political figures suggesting profit-seeking motives<\/a> by the USCCB.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Catholic bishops sue Trump administration for lost income after refugee aid stopped<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1835718\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The U.S. Conference of&nbsp;Catholic Bishops&nbsp;filed a lawsuit against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Trump administration<\/a> on Tuesday evening for withholding millions of dollars of funding approved by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Congress<\/a> that assist in USCCB&rsquo;s mission of providing relief and relocation to asylum refugees.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>For fiscal 2025, the federal government has allocated $65 million to the USCCB &ldquo;for the immediate physical needs and integration of refugees into their new communities,&rdquo; but on Jan. 24 the Trump administration halted its payments to the USCCB. The conference now faces $13 million of unpaid reimbursements and owes $11.6 million to its &ldquo;subrecipients that it is unable to reimburse.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There are currently more than 6,700 asylum-seekers in their 90-day transitional period&nbsp;delegated to USCCB&rsquo;s care.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;After refugees have already arrived and been placed in USCCB&rsquo;s care, the government is attempting to pull the rug out from under USCCB&rsquo;s programs by halting funding,&rdquo; the lawsuit stated, according to a copy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2025\/02\/18\/catholic-bishops-sue-trump-refugee-funds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">obtained<\/a> by the <em>Washington Post<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia, named the State Department, the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, and the Department of Health and Human Services as defendants.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The financial assistance was revoked following a Jan. 24 State Department letter that immediately suspended funding for foreign-aid programs until a review was completed; however, USCCB provides domestic assistance to asylum seekers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The conference suddenly finds itself unable to sustain its work to care for the thousands of refugees who were welcomed into our country and assigned to the care of the USCCB by the government after being granted legal status,&rdquo; Archbishop Timothy Broglio, president of the USCCB, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/catholic-bishops-lawsuit-refugee-resettlement-trump-administration-09477d766651a940ae53840ce3bd9c6e\">told<\/a> the <em>Associated Press<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The loss in funding comes after Vice President JD Vance accused USCCB of profiting from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-judge-grants-gop-lawmaker-standing-to-sue-biden-administration-over-unrwa-funding-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Texas judge grants GOP lawmaker standing to sue Biden administration over UNRWA ... - Washington Examiner\">federal government&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s funds to aid asylum seekers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think that the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops needs to actually look in the mirror a little bit and recognize that when they receive over $100 million to help resettle illegal immigrants, are they worried about humanitarian concerns? Or are they actually worried about their bottom line?&rdquo; Vance said on Face the Nation on Jan. 26.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>However, the lawsuit asserted that USCCB actually spends more in funding than it receives from the federal government to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dcnf-reporter-details-new-york-citys-plan-to-educate-migrant-children-bused-from-border\/\" title=\"DCNF Reporter Details New York City\u2019s Plan To Educate Migrant Children Bused From Border\">assist asylum-seekers<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;USCCB spends more on refugee resettlement each year than it receives in funding from the federal government, but it cannot sustain its programs without the millions in federal funding that provide the foundation of this private-public partnership,&rdquo; the lawsuit says.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/3301605\/catholic-church-pushes-back-claim-financially-benefits-migration-grants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">  found <\/a>that in 2023 USCCB received over $129 million in funds from government tracks to help refugees and unaccompanied migrant children. However, the organization spent more than $130.5 million, leaving it in the red when it comes to spending on asylum-seekers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While USCCB ended 2023 with a $35.3 million increase in net assets, a majority of these funds come with &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/catholic-church-in-red-from-migrant-grants-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Catholic Church in red from migrant grants - Washington Examiner\">donor restrictions&#038;rdquo<\/a>; meaning that they are earmarked for a specific purpose.&nbsp;<br \/>The lawsuit follows another one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3318960\/religious-groups-sue-prevent-immigration-arrests-places-worship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">filed<\/a> against the Trump administration last week by 27 religious organizations accusing the Trump administration of violating its First Amendment rights by conducting immigration raids near places of worship.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1835718\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1835718\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Catholic bishops sue Trump for halting refugee aid funds<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2542,"featured_media":2404204,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/AP23250557498819-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[50672,50673,32640],"class_list":["post-2404203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-catholic-bishops","tag-refugee-funding","tag-trump-administration"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/AP23250557498819-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2542"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2404203"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2404207,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404203\/revisions\/2404207"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2404204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2404203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2404203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2404203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}