Judge won't immediately block Trump administration's abrupt halt to Catholic refugee funding
President Donald Trump waves as he walks from Marine One after arriving on the South Lawn of the White House, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025, in Washington. Credit: AP/Alex Brandon
A federal judge on Thursday refused to immediately block the Trump administration’s abrupt halt to funding of the nation’s largest private refugee resettlement program in a setback to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Judge Trevor McFadden denied the bishops’ request for a temporary restraining order that would have restored the funding, but called his ruling “very tentative."
McFadden also ordered the two sides to have a mediation session with a federal magistrate judge next week.
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