Melissa Keaney, senior supervising attorney for International Refugee Assistance Project, pushed back, saying that Church World Service’s Africa contract still has not received any government funding, despite the court’s order to lift the suspension of funds. She also indicated that her group of plaintiffs would amend their pleading to include the termination notices that several plaintiffs had received.
After the hearing, Keaney celebrated the judge’s determination, saying in a statement sent to RNS, “The court continues to recognize the devastating harm facing refugees who have been left in limbo by the Trump administration’s unlawful suspension of the refugee program, as well as the existential threat facing refugee-serving agencies as a result of the withholding of critical funds.”
The government’s termination letters were “flagrant attempts to undermine” Whitehead’s order and show “the suspension of the refugee program was never meant to be temporary,” Keaney argued in her statement to RNS.
“Their actions are not only unlawful and cruel; they’re designed to undermine Congress and the judiciary,” she added.
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