President Donald Trump earned a legal victory Tuesday when the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals partially stayed a preliminary injunction that ordered the administration to resume the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program, which had been suspended under an Inauguration Day executive order.
Last month, three faith-based refugee assistance groups and nine individuals sued the administration in Washington state, arguing the suspension violated Congress’ authority to make immigration laws. U.S. District Judge Jamal Whitehead issued a preliminary injunction Feb. 28 that Trump’s executive order likely “crossed the line” of separation of powers.
In a two-page unsigned order, the 9th Circuit stayed the preliminary injunction, citing the 2018 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Trump v. Hawaii regarding Trump’s efforts in his first term to restrict immigration to the U.S. by migrants from eight countries, many of whom were Muslim.
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