A coalition of major refugee resettlement organizations has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration for its indefinite halt to the refugee system. The suit, lodged in Seattle, seeks to revive a program that has operated under various administrations for decades and to recover federal funding for supporting refugee resettlement. The lawsuit emphasizes the detrimental effect of these actions on refugees and those awaiting resettlement, particularly highlighting a case of Afghan parents in Massachusetts who face uncertainty regarding their children’s arrival due to the freeze.
The impact of these executive actions has been sweeping and harmful for our refugee clients, our staff and our local faith community partners.
These executive actions have abandoned refugee families both abroad and those who are already a part of our American communities.
One of President Trump's first actions on his first day in office was to freeze the refugee resettlement system with an executive action.
The lawsuit aims to immediately revive a system that had thrived for decades under both Republican and Democratic administrations.
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