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U.S. District Judge Jamal N. Whitehead’s granting of a preliminary #injunction effectively requires the admin to restart the #refugee admissions program that #Trump shut down last month as part of a series of actions aimed at *tightening* #immigration controls.

The judge’s order will remain in place while the case is adjudicated. The Trump admin has the right to #appeal his decision within 60 days.

“The president has substantial discretion … to suspend #refugee admissions,” Whitehead said, according to the Associated Press, during a court hearing in lawsuit brought by major international refugee #aid groups. “But that authority is not limitless.”

#Trump #immigration #law #USpol #Congress #asylum #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #WhiteSupremacy

In their legal filing, the plaintiffs, including 9 #refugees affected by the ban, said #Trump’s order & the related suspension of federal funds for resettlement programs are “are already inflicting — &, absent expedited relief, will continue to inflict — catastrophic & irreparable harm on refugees, their family members, & organizations” involved in helping refugees.

“#Congress has created a detailed system that has been in place for nearly 50 years for bringing in #refugees & providing integration when they arrive,” Linda Evarts, a senior supervising attorney for the International Refugee Assistance Program, said. “What #Trump & the administration did was take a wrecking ball to the program in violation of congressional authority.”