9th Circuit: Refugee ban cannot be enforced on those who have received conditional approval
Immigration Law
Refugee ban can’t be enforced against those who received conditional approval, 9th Circuit says
March 26, 2025, 2:29 pm CDT
A federal appeals court on Tuesday allowed the Trump administration to stop approving new refugees for U.S. admission during a legal challenge but said the government can’t keep out refugees who received conditional approval before the resettlement program was halted Jan. 20. (Image from Shutterstock)
A federal appeals court on Tuesday allowed the Trump administration to stop approving new refugees for U.S. admission during a legal challenge but said the government can’t keep out refugees who received conditional approval before the resettlement program was halted Jan. 20.
The 9th U.S. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled the government’s emergency request in a March 25, order, according to the Associated Press and the Washington Post. According to previous coverage by The New York Times, Whitehead said that the plaintiffs were likely to succeed in their argument that the order was an “effective nullification of congressional will.” Whitehead said that the plaintiffs would likely succeed in their argument that this order was an “effective nihilation of congressional will.” According to a March 25 press release, Whitehead issued a preliminary injunction on Monday evening that ordered the government to restore canceled cooperative agreements. The legal challenge was brought by the International Refugee Assistance Project (IrAP) on behalf of Church World Service, HIAS, a Jewish resettling agency, Lutheran Community Services Northwest, and nine people who were affected by the refugee The court affirmed that the government must continue processing and admitting eligible refugees whose lives were upended by President Trump’s refugee ban,” said Melissa Keaney, senior supervising attorney for litigation at the International Refugee Assistance Project, in a press release.
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