by Jim Hoft at The Gateway Pundit
A federal judge on Thursday delivered a major blow to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), denying their attempt to force the Trump administration into continuing taxpayer funding for their massive refugee resettlement operations.
Judge Trevor McFadden, a Trump appointee, rejected the bishops’ request for a temporary restraining order (TRO) that would have forced the administration to immediately restore funding.
The lawsuit, filed by the non-profit organization USCCB in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, challenged the Trump administration’s decision to cut off federal grants that fuel the mass resettlement of migrants across America—programs that have operated for decades with little oversight. The lawsuit names the State Department, the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM), and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as defendants.
At the time of the funding cutoff last month, USCCB was overseeing 6,700 refugees and was seeking reimbursement for $14 million in unpaid expenses. The bishops claim they have since accrued an additional $11 million in costs, bringing their total demand from the government to a staggering $27 million, according to WUSA9.
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