The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals just blocked an order by a lower court judge that would have forced President Trump to restart refugee admissions, allowing Trump to continue with his pause on refugee admissions.
Here’s the news:
JUST IN: The 9th Circuit has stayed a judge's order forcing the Trump admin to restart refugee admissions.
The circuit will still require the administration to process refugees conditionally approved before Jan. 20 but new admissions can be paused. https://t.co/xJqGLJWzxy pic.twitter.com/9R44vIj9oe
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) March 25, 2025
The only thing the 9th Circuit didn’t block had to do with refugees who were approved before Trump became president. But they also plainly say that Trump’s executive order had nothing to do with those refugees.
“In all other respects,” they write, “the district court’s February 28, 2025 preliminary injunction order is stayed.”
They don’t say how the justices voted, but one was appointed by Bill Clinton, one by Donald Trump and the other by Joe Biden.