April 29, 2025
The Trump administration on Monday urged a Washington state federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the government's suspension of the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program, citing a recent Ninth Circuit decision that limited the scope of the judge's preliminary injunction.
April 14, 2025
A Washington federal judge has ordered the federal government to immediately resume processing of certain refugees and also continue funding for agencies that facilitate refugee resettlement, finding that the government has not complied with previous orders.
April 09, 2025
A Washington federal judge expressed frustration on Wednesday with the U.S. Department of Justice's uncertainty about how long it would take to resume processing of certain refugees, citing two previous orders blocking President Donald Trump's administration from shutting down refugee admissions.
March 31, 2025
The U.S. Department of Justice is quickly implementing President Donald Trump's plan to seek huge sums of money from litigants whose cases impede his agenda but ultimately prove unsuccessful, court records show.
March 25, 2025
The Ninth Circuit granted in part Tuesday the Trump administration's emergency bid to stay a preliminary injunction barring President Donald Trump from suspending the U.S. refugee program, but clarified that refugees whose requests were processed prior to Trump's Jan. 20 order must be admitted.
March 21, 2025
A Washington federal judge on Friday refused to pause an order preliminarily barring President Donald Trump from suspending the U.S. refugee program and withholding federal funding for refugee services, saying the Trump administration failed to show it risked irreparable harm.
March 11, 2025
A "deterioration of functions" in the federal government's refugee program means the U.S. Department of State can't currently tell how long it will take to restore the program under a recent order in Washington federal court, the Trump administration informed the court.
March 10, 2025
The Trump administration urged a Washington federal judge to reject resettlement agencies' challenge to its termination of all cooperative agreements with resettlement agencies, saying the federal government has the legal authority to do so without notice if its priorities change.
March 06, 2025
Two refugee resettlement agencies called on a Washington federal judge to issue another injunction after the Trump administration terminated all cooperative agreements with resettlement agencies just days after being barred from freezing funds for refugee services.
March 04, 2025
A Washington federal judge on Tuesday criticized the U.S. State Department for canceling resettlement contracts a day after he blocked President Donald Trump's sudden shutdown of the refugee entry program, saying he had concerns it was done to deliberately circumvent his court's ruling.