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U.S.
Appeals court allows Trump order suspending new refugee approvals
By Craig Nigrelli (Anchor/Reporter), Michael Edwards (Video Editor)
- The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is allowing the suspension of new refugee applicants. The ruling stipulated that the U.S. permit individuals conditionally accepted into the country before President Donald Trump issued the executive order.
- The new ruling follows a back-and-forth in the courts since President Trump took executive action on immigration back in January.
- The Trump administration estimates that about 600,000 refugees worldwide are waiting to come to the U.S.
Full Story
An appeals court has given the Trump administration power to stop approving new refugees from entering the U.S. However, the U.S. must allow people conditionally accepted before the president suspended the refugee admissions system.
Media Landscape
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Left 23%
Center 53%
Right 24%
Bias Summary
- An appeals court has allowed the Trump administration to stop approving new refugees as a lawsuit regarding the president's executive order persists.
- The panel from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals permitted the administration to suspend new refugee approvals while refugees who were conditionally approved before Trump will still be processed.
- U.S. District Judge Jamal Whitehead ruled that Trump cannot nullify the law establishing the refugee program but acknowledged the president's discretion to suspend admissions.
- The plaintiffs, including the International Refugee Assistance Project, argued that the order hindered their ability to provide critical services to refugees, while the Justice Department claimed that Trump's order was within his authority.
- An appeals court allowed the Trump administration to stop approving new refugees for entry into the U.S. amid a lawsuit.
- U.S. District Judge Jamal Whitehead ruled that Trump could not nullify the law governing the refugee program.
- Trump's order claimed cities were overwhelmed by "record levels of migration" and could not absorb more refugees.
- Plaintiffs argued the president failed to prove how refugee entry would harm the U.S.
- A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to reinstate terminated refugee contracts, stating that legal relief was necessary during ongoing litigation.
- U.S. District Judge Jamal Whitehead found that the terminations violated statutory obligations of the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program.
- The court temporarily blocked the suspension of the refugee resettlement program, directing the administration to process previous applications.
- Plaintiffs, including affected refugees and various nonprofit organizations, argued that the terminations were damaging and sought enforcement of statutory obligations.
Bias Comparison
Media outlets on the left
framed the court’s decision to allow the Trump administration to “suspend” refugee approvals as a restriction on vulnerable people, highlighting the lawsuit and potential anti-immigrant motivations, characterizing it as an “America first ideology.”
Media outlets on the right
de-emphasized discussion of anti-immigrant policy and framed Trump’s actions as necessary to “better vet” refugees, even suggesting that these refugees were tied to the Biden administration.
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105 other sources covering this story
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105
Leaning Left
14
Center
33
Leaning Right
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Last Updated
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What is the history behind this resettlement ruling?
The president halted the Refugee Resettlement Program after taking office in January as part of his executive orders that cracked down on immigration. Trump said that record levels of migrants had taxed the nation’s cities such that they could not absorb large numbers of migrants, refugees in particular.
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A federal judge in Seattle blocked that order in February, ruling the U.S. restart the program. He pointed to refugees stranded in dangerous places, families separated from relatives in the U.S. and people who sold their belongings to travel to the U.S. only to have the program canceled.
The Justice Department argued that the president had the authority to issue the executive order on the program for refugees.
This new ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the president does have the power to restrict people from entering the country.
The same ruling said the U.S. must allow refugees conditionally approved before Trump’s order to halt the program to resettle in the U.S.
What is the reaction to the ruling?
An attorney for the International Refugee Assistance Project, Melissa Keaney, told the AP, “We welcome this continued relief for tens of thousands of refugees who will now have the opportunity to restart their lives in the United States.”
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Congress created the refugee program in 1980, a form of legal migration in the U.S. for people displaced by war, natural disasters or persecution. It is different from the asylum process.
How many refugees are waiting to get into the US?
The Trump administration estimates that about 600,000 refugees worldwide are waiting to come to the U.S.
[Craig Nigrelli]
AN APPEALS COURT HAS GIVEN THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION POWER TO STOP APPROVING NEW REFUGEES FROM ENTERING THE UNITED STATES. HOWEVER, THE U.S. MUST ALLOW-IN PEOPLE, WHO HAD BEEN CONDITIONALLY **ACCEPTED** BEFORE THE PRESIDENT SUSPENDED THE REFUGEE ADMISSIONS SYSTEM.
THE PRESIDENT HALTED THE REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT PROGRAM AFTER TAKING OFFICE IN JANUARY, AS PART OF HIS EXECUTIVE ORDERS CRACKING DOWN ON IMMIGRATION. HE SAID THAT RECORD LEVELS OF MIGRANTS HAD TAXED THE NATION’S CITIES SUCH THAT, THEY COULD NOT ABSORB LARGE NUMBERS OF MIGRANTS, IN PARTICULAR REFUGEES.
A FEDERAL JUDGE IN SEATTLE BLOCKED THAT ORDER IN FEBRUARY, RULING THE PROGRAM SHOULD BE RESTARTED. HE POINTED TO REFUGEES STRANDED IN DANGEROUS PLACES, FAMILIES SEPARATED FROM RELATIVES IN THE U.S. AND PEOPLE WHO SOLD THEIR BELONGINGS TO TRAVEL HERE, ONLY TO HAVE THE PROGRAM CANCELED.
THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ARGUED THE PRESIDENT HAD THE AUTHORITY TO ISSUE THE EXECUTIVE ORDER ON THE REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT PROGRAM.
THIS NEW RULING, BY THE 9TH U.S. CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS, SAID THE PRESIDENT DOES HAVE THE POWER TO RESTRICT PEOPLE FROM ENTERING THE COUNTRY.
THE SAME RULING SAID REFUGEES, WHO WERE CONDITIONALLY APPROVED **BEFORE** PRESIDENT TRUMP’S ORDER STOPPING THE PROGRAM, SHOULD STILL BE ALLOWED TO RESETTLE IN THE U.S.
AN ATTORNEY FOR THE INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROJECT, MELISSA KEANEY TOLD THE ASSOCIATED PRESS QUOTE “ WE WELCOME THIS CONTINUED RELIEF FOR TENS OF THOUSANDS OF REFUGEES WHO WILL NOW HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RESTART THEIR LIVES IN THE UNITED STATES. “
THE REFUGEE PROGRAM WAS ACTUALLY CREATED BY CONGRESS BACK IN 1980. IT’S A FORM OF LEGAL MIGRATION INTO THE UNITED STATES FOR PEOPLE DISPLACED BY WAR, NATURAL DISASTERS OR PERSECUTION. IT IS DIFFERENT THAN THE ASYLUM PROCESS.
ACCORDING TO THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, THERE ARE NOW 600,000 PEOPLE, AROUND THE WORLD, BEING PROCESSED TO COME TO THE UNITED STATES AS REFUGEES. FOR MORE UNBIASED UPDATES, DOWNLOAD THE STRAIGHT ARROW NEWS APP
Media Landscape
See how news outlets across the political spectrum are covering this story. Learn more
Left 23%
Center 53%
Right 24%
Bias Summary
- An appeals court has allowed the Trump administration to stop approving new refugees as a lawsuit regarding the president's executive order persists.
- The panel from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals permitted the administration to suspend new refugee approvals while refugees who were conditionally approved before Trump will still be processed.
- U.S. District Judge Jamal Whitehead ruled that Trump cannot nullify the law establishing the refugee program but acknowledged the president's discretion to suspend admissions.
- The plaintiffs, including the International Refugee Assistance Project, argued that the order hindered their ability to provide critical services to refugees, while the Justice Department claimed that Trump's order was within his authority.
- An appeals court allowed the Trump administration to stop approving new refugees for entry into the U.S. amid a lawsuit.
- U.S. District Judge Jamal Whitehead ruled that Trump could not nullify the law governing the refugee program.
- Trump's order claimed cities were overwhelmed by "record levels of migration" and could not absorb more refugees.
- Plaintiffs argued the president failed to prove how refugee entry would harm the U.S.
- A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to reinstate terminated refugee contracts, stating that legal relief was necessary during ongoing litigation.
- U.S. District Judge Jamal Whitehead found that the terminations violated statutory obligations of the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program.
- The court temporarily blocked the suspension of the refugee resettlement program, directing the administration to process previous applications.
- Plaintiffs, including affected refugees and various nonprofit organizations, argued that the terminations were damaging and sought enforcement of statutory obligations.
Bias Comparison
Media outlets on the left
framed the court’s decision to allow the Trump administration to “suspend” refugee approvals as a restriction on vulnerable people, highlighting the lawsuit and potential anti-immigrant motivations, characterizing it as an “America first ideology.”
Media outlets on the right
de-emphasized discussion of anti-immigrant policy and framed Trump’s actions as necessary to “better vet” refugees, even suggesting that these refugees were tied to the Biden administration.
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Leaning Left
14
Center
33
Leaning Right
15
Last Updated
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