A nationwide injunction preventing the implementation of President Donald Trump’s executive order suspending funds for refugee settlement programs will stay in place during an appeal of that freeze mandate.
The government didn’t show that it was entitled to the stay, Judge Jamal N. Whitehead of the US District Court for the Western District of Washington said Friday.
The government didn’t show that it was likely to suffer irreparable harm from the injunction, or that it was contrary to the public interest, Whitehead said. Rather, if the order takes effect, he said, the plaintiffs will be stranded abroad in physical danger, ...
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