A federal judge has declined to immediately block the Trump administration's sudden cessation of funding for the nation's largest private refugee resettlement program, dealing a blow to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Judge Trevor McFadden rejected the bishops' request for a temporary restraining order to reinstate the funding, emphasizing that such an order should be granted sparingly.
McFadden's ruling is described as 'very tentative,' with a scheduled hearing next Friday on the bishops' plea for a preliminary injunction to halt the administration's funding pause. The judge has also mandated a mediation session between the two parties with a federal magistrate judge.
