Judge: Trump can’t let states ‘veto’ refugee resettlement
January 15, 2020 12:36PM AKST
SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) – A federal judge has agreed to block the Trump administration from enforcing a presidential executive order allowing state and local government officials to reject refugees from resettling in their jurisdictions. U.S. District Judge Peter Messitte on Wednesday issued a preliminary injunction requested by three national refugee resettlement agencies that sued to challenge the executive order. President Donald Trump’s administration announced in November that resettlement agencies must get written consent from state and local officials in any jurisdiction where they want to help resettle refugees beyond June 2020. The administration didn’t immediately say whether it will appeal Messitte’s decision.