‘Little more than a bait and switch’: Trump admin bashed for trying to ‘avoid’ court order with ‘meaningless’ rescission in lawsuit targeting federal spending freeze

Donald Trump throws sign pens to a crowd.

FILE – President Donald Trump throws pens used to sign executive orders to the crowd during an indoor Presidential Inauguration parade event in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025 (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File).

A coalition of faith organizations, refugees and U.S. citizens whose family members are refugees is suing the Trump administration for abruptly “dismantling” the country’s refugee resettlement system.

Under the terms of Executive Order 14163, President Donald Trump aims to suspend the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) for 90-day intervals “until such time as the further entry into the United States of refugees aligns with the interests of the United States.”

The plaintiffs, in their 46-page lawsuit filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, say the 47th president’s executive order counsels — and premature agency action has already resulted in — a stark violation of federal law.

And, they note, this is nothing new.

“This is not the first time President Trump has attacked refugees and the system that facilitates their resettlement in the United States,” the lawsuit reads. “This Court, as well as courts around the country, uniformly rejected those prior attempts. Rather than learn from past mistakes, the Trump Administration has repeated them and engaged in severely harmful and irrational conduct that flouts the rule of law.”

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