US EditionTrump’s Halt of U.S. Refugee Program Was Lawful, Appeals Court Rules
The 9th Circuit court ruled that the president has broad powers under the Immigration and Nationality Act to suspend refugee admissions, affecting over 100,000 conditionally approved refugees.
- On Thursday, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that President Donald Trump had authority to indefinitely suspend refugee admissions, with Senior U.S. Circuit Judge Jay Bybee noting 'Whether that consequence reflects prudent policy is not a question for this court'.
- Citing the Immigration and Nationality Act, the appeals panel said the result follows from Congress granting the president power under the act to suspend entry of aliens.
- More than 128,000 people were conditionally approved when the pause took effect, leaving thousands stranded abroad; about 1,135 refugees were approved to travel to Washington state, with only 77 admitted under a narrow carve-out.
- While overturning refugee admissions injunctions, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld on a 2-1 vote that resettlement agencies faced operational and funding challenges after federal funding was frozen by the U.S. Department of State stop-work order.
- The policy shift prompted a class-action challenge by refugees and resettlement organizations after the administration set the annual refugee cap at 7,500, primarily allocating slots to Afrikaners from South Africa.
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Appeals Court Affirms: Trump Can Suspend Refugee Resettlement to U.S.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed this week that President Donald Trump is within full presidential authority to suspend refugee resettlement to the U.S. The post Appeals Court Affirms: Trump Can Suspend Refugee Resettlement to U.S. appeared first on Breitbart.
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Appeals Court Rules Trump Can Suspend Refugee Admissions
President Donald Trump has legal authority to indefinitely suspend the admission of foreign nationals who are trying to enter the United States through its refugee resettlement program, a federal appeals court ruled on March 5. Trump froze refugee resettlement programs as he took office in January 2025. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued the new opinion in the case known as Pacito v. Trump. The panel ov…
Trump’s halt of U.S. refugee program was lawful, appeals court rules
President Donald Trump acted within his authority when he indefinitely suspended the U.S. refugee admissions program last year, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday. Read more...
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The New ArabTrump can suspend refugee admissions, US appeals court rules
Senior U.S. Circuit Judge Jay Bybee, writing for the panel, said the court recognized the "enormous practical implications" of its decision to largely overturn rulings issued in that case by U.S. District Judge Jamal Whitehead, whose decisions in the plaintiffs' favor were mostly paused while the appeal proceeded. "There are over one hundred thousand vetted and conditionally approved refugees, many of whom may have spent years completing the …
A U.S. federal appeals court ruled on Thursday (March 5) that President Trump has the authority to order an indefinite suspension of the admission of foreign citizens seeking entry into the United States under the U.S. refugee resettlement program. This ruling supports a key basis for Trump's hardline immigration policy.
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