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#Catholic #bishops are suing the Trump administration for recently suspending funding for refugee resettlment under its ban on foreign aid.
The US Conference of Catholic Bishops is the largest private resettlment program in the US
and one of 10 national agencies that serve refugees.
The conference says the halt in foreign aid has resulted in the Trump administration witholding millions of dollars,
including for reimbursements of costs incurred before the ban went into effect.

The lawsuit notes that the resettlement program isn’t even foreign aid
– but rather domestic support for newly arrived refugees.
“The Catholic Church always works to uphold the common good of all
and promote the dignity of the human person, especially the most vulnerable among us,”
said Archbishop Timothy Broglio, president of the USCCB.

“The conference suddenly finds itself unable to sustain its work to care for the thousands of refugees who were welcomed into our country and assigned to the care of the USCCB by the government after being granted legal status.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/feb/18/donald-trump-elon-musk-eric-adams-us-politics-live-news?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-67b51afa8f08cae10d799583#block-67b51afa8f08cae10d799583