Federal judge temporarily stops Trump executive order giving states power to block refugees
Source: Daily KOS
U.S. District Judge Peter Messitte on Wednesday temporarily stopped impeached president Donald Trumps executive order allowing states to block refugees from being resettled in their communities, saying in the ruling that Giving states and local governments the power to consent to the resettlement of refugeeswhich is to say veto power to determine whether refugees will be received in their midstflies in the face of clear Congressional intent, The Washington Post reports.
Refugee resettlement organizations HIAS, Church World Service, and Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service sued the Trump administration over the move last November, saying that The order could prevent refugees who have waited years and passed all vetting from being reunited with their U.S.-based families. Communities could also be stopped from welcoming refugees, even if they have long-standing and successful resettlement programs.
The administration, under the watch of White House aide and noted white supremacist Stephen Miller, had already taken a sledgehammer to the U.S. refugee system, slashing admissions for the new fiscal year to 18,000, the lowest in the history of the programand a number that U.S. officials are in no obligation to reach, either.
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Eugene
(61,957 posts)LBN hosts don't consider Daily Kos to be reputable mainstream news source for LBN purposes and tend to lock news threads based on it.
The phrase "noted white supremacist Stephen Miller" was an obvious red flag, even if it's fair.
Other mainstream links are available:
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/01/15/politics/court-issues-injunction-on-trump-refugee-resettlement/index.html
https://www.npr.org/2020/01/15/796658527/judge-blocks-trumps-executive-order-allowing-local-officials-to-reject-refugees
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/federal-judge-blocks-trump-order-allowing-local-governments-refuse-refugees-n1116426