{"id":2435541,"date":"2025-05-16T11:40:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T15:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-judge-revises-order-demanding-12000-refugees-be-admitted\/"},"modified":"2025-05-16T11:41:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T15:41:07","slug":"federal-judge-revises-order-demanding-12000-refugees-be-admitted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-judge-revises-order-demanding-12000-refugees-be-admitted\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal judge revises order demanding 12,000 refugees be admitted"},"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\">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%2Ffederal-judge-revises-order-demanding-12000-refugees-be-admitted%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=2435541&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>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sidney-powell-is-an-american-legal-giant\/\" title=\"Sidney Powell Is an American Legal Giant\">federal judge<\/a> in Seattle, Judge Jamal Whitehead, has revised an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-court-strikes-down-alabama-congressional-map-after-lawmakers-defy-court-order\/\" title=\"Alabama&#039;s congressional map invalidated by federal ... due to lawmakers&#039; defiance of ... ....\">earlier court order<\/a> that mandated the U.S. government to admit 12,000 refugees, reducing the number to 160. This adjustment came after a ruling from the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, which specified that refugees must be processed on a case-by-case basis. The judge determined that these 160 refugees met the criteria outlined in the higher court&#8217;s clarification and must be promptly processed and provided with necessary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-d-c-may-be-too-expensive-for-afghan-refugees-state-department-says\/\" title=\"California, D.C. May Be Too Expensive For Afghan Refugees, State Department Says\">resettlement services<\/a>.Additionally, Whitehead announced he would appoint a special master to assess the eligibility of other refugee applicants. The ruling comes in the context of restrictions imposed by an executive order from President donald Trump halting the refugee program, even though the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-27-business-groups-file-appeal-taking-vaccine-mandate-fight-to-supreme-court\/\" title=\"BREAKING: 27 Business Groups File Appeal Taking Vaccine Mandate Fight To Supreme ...\">appeals court allowed<\/a> those already conditionally accepted to proceed.  <\/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\">Federal judge revises order demanding 12,000 refugees be admitted down to 160<\/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_2122913\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A federal judge in <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/seattle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Seattle<\/a> issued an order Thursday revising the number of <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/asylum-and-refugees\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">refugees<\/a> he ordered the government to admit from 12,000 to 160 after an order from a higher court.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Jamal Whitehead of the U.S. District <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/courts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Court\">Court<\/a> of the Western District of Washington ruled earlier this month that 12,000 refugees, who had &ldquo;arranged and confirmable&rdquo; plans prior to President Donald Trump&rsquo;s Jan. 20 executive order suspending the national refugee program, must be processed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3413755\/kash-patel-fbi-hoover-building-agents-leaving-dc\/\">&#8216;Moving out of Hoover Building&#8217;: Kash Patel says over 1,500 FBI agents leaving DC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3412844\/tulsi-gabbard-james-comey-put-behind-bars-8647-trump-post\/\">Gabbard says Comey should be &lsquo;put behind bars&rsquo; for &lsquo;8647&rsquo; post<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3410343\/jeanine-pirro-sworn-in-announces-first-criminal-sentences-dc-prosecutor\/\">Jeanine Pirro announces first criminal sentences as DC prosecutor<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Whitehead rescinded the previous order on Thursday and issued a new ruling after the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit clarified that the refugees must be admitted on a case-by-case basis. He ruled that 160 refugees met all of these criteria under the higher court&rsquo;s clarification and could be processed.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Thus, the Court will apply a rebuttable presumption that these 160 refugees qualify as &lsquo;Injunction-Protected Refugees&rsquo; under the Ninth Circuit&rsquo;s clarification orders,&rdquo; Whitehead ruled. &ldquo;The Government must process, admit, and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >provide statutorily mandated resettlement support services<\/a> to these Injunction Protected Refugees immediately.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In the order, the judge also said he would appoint a special master to look at the other refugees&rsquo; cases to examine if they qualify to be processed.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;For all other refugee applicants who meet the three-part test but whose travel was scheduled more than two weeks after January 20, 2025, a case-by-case determination is now required,&rdquo; the order reads. &ldquo;To efficiently conduct these individualized assessments, the Court believes that appointing a Special Master is warranted.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3412283\/supreme-court-expands-review-police-excessive-force-claims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"SUPREME COURT EXPANDS REVIEW STANDARD FOR POLICE EXCESSIVE FORCE CLAIMS\">SUPREME COURT EXPANDS REVIEW STANDARD FOR POLICE EXCESSIVE FORCE CLAIMS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Whitehead had blocked Trump&rsquo;s executive order ending the refugee program, but the appeals court largely overturned Whitehead&rsquo;s ruling, allowing the administration to stop new refugee approvals.<\/p>\n<p>The higher court did allow refugees who had already been conditionally accepted to be processed and allowed to come to the United States.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" 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