{"id":2408088,"date":"2025-02-28T17:15:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T22:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-state-department-moves-to-yank-refugee-lawsuit-away-from-judge\/"},"modified":"2025-02-28T17:18:20","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T22:18:20","slug":"trump-state-department-moves-to-yank-refugee-lawsuit-away-from-judge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-state-department-moves-to-yank-refugee-lawsuit-away-from-judge\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump State Department moves to yank refugee lawsuit away from judge"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Ftrump-state-department-moves-to-yank-refugee-lawsuit-away-from-judge%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=2408088&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 article discusses a lawsuit\u200c involving the U.S. Catholic bishops and the State Department, which \u200crecently\u200d terminated a $65 million agreement regarding refugee resettlement. During a\u2062 hearing,\u2064 Judge Trevor McFadden decided to hold off on\u200c ruling on the bishops&#8217; \u200drequest for an injunction against the State Department, suggesting both parties revise their\u2062 arguments \u200dto account for the unexpected termination of the agreement. \u200dThe \u2063bishops \u200dclaim \u2063that the State Department illegally stopped their funding \u200dafter an \u2062executive order from President Trump \u200bthat\u2062 aimed to suspend\u200d refugee \u2062admissions and\u200b resettlement programs.<\/p>\n<p>This lawsuit is one of two\u200b facing the trump \u200dadministration related\u2063 to the cessation of resettlement services. A separate class-action lawsuit in Seattle, initiated \u2062by\u2062 refugees and organizations providing similar services, received a favorable ruling against the government, which \u2062had sought\u200d to\u2063 invalidate \u200cthe \u2064nonprofits&#8217; \u200cability\u200b to challenge its actions. The bishops argue \u200bthat the\u200b cancellation \u200dof \u2064their agreement\u200b risks leaving thousands of refugees without necessary services and could\u200d force \u2064them\u200b to scale down their resettlement operations. The U.S.\u200b government has traditionally relied\u200d on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-dem-controlled-senate-passes-same-sex-marriage-bill-12-republicans-support\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Dem-Controlled Senate Passes Same-Sex Marriage Bill; 12 Republicans Support\">faith-based nonprofits<\/a> for\u200b thes services, and tensions are \u200bmounting as the \u200dcurrent administration pushes for critically important cuts \u2062to funding in\u200b line with\u200b its\u2064 spending reduction goals.  <\/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\">Trump State Department moves to yank Catholic bishops lawsuit away from judge<\/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_1955986\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A judge on Friday was met with a new complication in a lawsuit brought by U.S. Catholic bishops after the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/state-department\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">State Department<\/a>&nbsp;abruptly terminated a $65 million agreement with them related to refugee resettlement.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Judge Trevor McFadden said during a hearing in Washington, D.C., that he would wait to issue a ruling on the bishops&rsquo; request for an injunction against the State Department and instead said both parties should revise their arguments by next week, in part so that they could factor in the State Department&rsquo;s sudden cancelation of its agreement.<\/p>\n<p>The hearing came after the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.courtlistener.com\/docket\/69649820\/1\/united-states-conference-of-catholic-bishops-v-united-states-department-of\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">sued<\/a>&nbsp;the State Department last week, claiming the department illegally stopped paying the group after President&nbsp;Donald Trump signed an executive order in January to suspend refugee admissions and resettlement programs.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit is one of two the Trump administration has faced over the State Department&rsquo;s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/immpolicytracking.org\/policies\/report-tump-memo-bars-resettlement-agencies-from-providing-services-to-refugees-currently-in-the-united-states\/#\/tab-policy-documents\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">move on Jan. 24<\/a>&nbsp;to halt resettlement services in response to Trump&rsquo;s order.<\/p>\n<p>The other is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/psaki-defends-treasury-secretary-janet-yellen-for-taking-money-from-citadel-wont-commit-to-recusal-in-gamestop-scandal-video\/\" title=\"Psaki Defends Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen For Taking Money From Citadel \u2013 Won\u2019t Commit to Recusal in GameStop Scandal (VIDEO)\">class action lawsuit<\/a> in Seattle that was brought by several refugees and groups including a Jewish nonprofit organization and Church World Service, which provide resettlement services similar to the Catholic bishops. Those services can include providing initial housing and basic necessities and acquainting refugees with the United States&rsquo;s language and culture.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. government has for decades outsourced its refugee resettlement operations, which are governed by the 1980 Refugee Act, to faith-based nonprofits.<\/p>\n<p>The judge in the Seattle case ruled this week in favor of the refugees and nonprofits,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3329974\/federal-judge-blocks-trump-refugee-ban-for-now\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">saying<\/a>&nbsp;that terminating services to them was &ldquo;an effective nullification of congressional will&rdquo; and temporarily blocked portions of Trump&rsquo;s executive order.<\/p>\n<p>Similar to what it did with the bishop conference, the State Department had also canceled its cooperative agreements with the nonprofits involved in the Seattle case in hopes of stripping them of their ability to challenge the department.<\/p>\n<p>In the Washington, D.C., case, government lawyers argued that the bishops no longer had any standing now that their agreement was terminated and that any issues with unpaid reimbursements could be handled in the Court of Federal Claims. The bishops conference has said the government owes it more than $13 million in unpaid reimbursements.<\/p>\n<p>McFadden, a Trump appointee, appeared sympathetic to the bishops&rsquo; argument that the unpaid funds could fall under his purview, though he appeared skeptical of any other standing they might have.<\/p>\n<p>The bishops conference has argued that the suspension, and now cancellation, of its agreement with the government could deprive services to some 6,758 refugees in its care who had been in the U.S. for less than 90 days and were still in their initial integration period. Moreover, the conference said, it would have to reduce the scale of its refugee resettlement operations, which the government has been funding for decades. The bishops enlist charities, including Catholic Charities, to carry out these operations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3329974\/federal-judge-blocks-trump-refugee-ban-for-now\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>FEDERAL JUDGE BLOCKS TRUMP&rsquo;S REFUGEE BAN FOR NOW<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The bishop conference also argued in court on Friday that &ldquo;the government has not identified anyone in the government who is carrying out&rdquo; resettlement services now.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuits coincide with the Trump administration&rsquo;s broader efforts to cut government spending quickly and aggressively. The State Department said that as part of that effort, it was <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">dramatically curtailing foreign aid<\/a>, including by terminating 90% of the U.S. Agency for International Development&rsquo;s contracts.<\/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_1955986\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1955986\"}});<\/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>Trump&#8217;s State Department seeks to remove bishops&#8217; lawsuit from judge<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":2408089,"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\/2025\/01\/AP25015584605790.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32142,51329,32895,3634],"class_list":["post-2408088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-legal-action","tag-refugee-lawsuit","tag-state-department","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AP25015584605790.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2408088","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\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2408088"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2408088\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2408092,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2408088\/revisions\/2408092"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2408089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2408088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2408088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2408088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}