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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Gene Johnson

A federal judge in Seattle blocks Trump’s effort to halt the refugee admissions system

Trump Refugee Program Lawsuit - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

A federal judge in Seattle blocked President Donald Trump’s effort to halt the nation’s refugee admissions system Tuesday.

The ruling came in a lawsuit brought by major refugee aid groups, who argued that Trump's executive order suspending the federal refugee resettlement program ran afoul of the system Congress created for moving refugees into the U.S.

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