U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan indefinitely blocked the Trump Administration from “implementing, giving effect to, or reinstating under a different name” the White House budget office’s directive to freeze federal assistance while reviewing the spending. This ruling overlapped with a separate federal court ruling from District Court Judge Jamal Whitehead blocking the Administration’s suspension of U.S. refugee programs, reasoning that President Trump’s actions amount to an “effective nullification of congressional will” in setting up the nation’s refugee admissions program.
