On February 26th, a federal judge in the United States blocked Trump from indefinitely suspending the US refugee resettlement program. Previously, US President Trump issued an order to suspend the refugee program, stating that cities and communities have already borne the burden of “record levels of immigration” and are unable to “absorb a large number of immigrants, especially refugees”. The major refugee aid groups in the United States have filed a lawsuit, arguing that Trump’s executive order violates the system established by Congress for transferring refugees to the United States and severely inhibits their ability to provide critical services to refugees. Government lawyers argued that Trump’s order was completely within the scope of his right to refuse entry of foreigners, because foreigners entering the United States “would harm the interests of the United States”.
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