Amanda Cellini
@amandacellini.bsky.social
Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Oslo. Researching refugee resettlement.
Pacito v. Trump: A federal judge in Seattle blocked President Donald Trump’s effort to halt the nation’s refugee admissions system Tuesday.
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A federal judge in Seattle blocks Trump’s effort to halt the refugee admissions system
A federal judge in Seattle has blocked President Donald Trump’s effort to halt the nation’s refugee admissions system.
apnews.com
February 25, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Pacito v. Trump: A federal judge in Seattle blocked President Donald Trump’s effort to halt the nation’s refugee admissions system Tuesday.
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
“IOM sent out pink slips [..] to 3,000 employees working on a United States resettlement program, including hundreds based at home in the latest blow to an aid and development community reeling from the Trump admin’s foreign aid funding freeze.”
www.devex.com/news/un-migr...
www.devex.com/news/un-migr...
UN migration agency sends out 3,000 pink slips in mass layoffs
Mass jobs losses hit U.N. agencies as Trump foreign aid freeze hammers development and aid communities.
www.devex.com
February 11, 2025 at 7:08 PM
“IOM sent out pink slips [..] to 3,000 employees working on a United States resettlement program, including hundreds based at home in the latest blow to an aid and development community reeling from the Trump admin’s foreign aid funding freeze.”
www.devex.com/news/un-migr...
www.devex.com/news/un-migr...
A newly filed suit challenges both the suspension of the U.S. Refugee Assistance Program and the abrupt cutoff of funding to those that aid refugees, including for work done in advance of Trump taking office.
Nine refugees are also listed as plaintiffs in the suit.
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Nine refugees are also listed as plaintiffs in the suit.
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
thehill.com
February 11, 2025 at 4:42 PM
A newly filed suit challenges both the suspension of the U.S. Refugee Assistance Program and the abrupt cutoff of funding to those that aid refugees, including for work done in advance of Trump taking office.
Nine refugees are also listed as plaintiffs in the suit.
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
Nine refugees are also listed as plaintiffs in the suit.
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
New EO targeting South Africa:
Sec. 4: “…including admission and resettlement through the United States Refugee Admissions Program, for Afrikaners in South Africa who are victims of unjust racial discrimination”
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Sec. 4: “…including admission and resettlement through the United States Refugee Admissions Program, for Afrikaners in South Africa who are victims of unjust racial discrimination”
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Addressing Egregious Actions of The Republic of South Africa
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section
www.whitehouse.gov
February 8, 2025 at 5:59 AM
New EO targeting South Africa:
Sec. 4: “…including admission and resettlement through the United States Refugee Admissions Program, for Afrikaners in South Africa who are victims of unjust racial discrimination”
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Sec. 4: “…including admission and resettlement through the United States Refugee Admissions Program, for Afrikaners in South Africa who are victims of unjust racial discrimination”
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
“While Trump’s executive order, and the flight cancellations that followed, marked a huge blow to the refugee admissions program, Friday’s memo appears to bar agencies from providing funds and services to the refugees already in the United States.”
www.cnn.com/2025/01/24/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/01/24/p...
Advocate groups ordered to stop aiding refugees who have already arrived in US | CNN Politics
The Trump administration on Friday abruptly halted services for refugees in the United States, including Afghans, according to a memo obtained by CNN, stunning agencies that provide critical support t...
www.cnn.com
January 25, 2025 at 3:50 PM
“While Trump’s executive order, and the flight cancellations that followed, marked a huge blow to the refugee admissions program, Friday’s memo appears to bar agencies from providing funds and services to the refugees already in the United States.”
www.cnn.com/2025/01/24/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/01/24/p...
Highlights:
- all previously scheduled travel of refugees to the US is being cancelled
- no new travel bookings
- all refugee case processing and pre-departure activities are also suspended
www.cnn.com/2025/01/22/p...
- all previously scheduled travel of refugees to the US is being cancelled
- no new travel bookings
- all refugee case processing and pre-departure activities are also suspended
www.cnn.com/2025/01/22/p...
Flights canceled for refugees who were slated to travel to US | CNN Politics
Refugees who were slated to travel to the United States after a years-long and often cumbersome process have had their flights canceled, according to a State Department memo to resettlement partners o...
www.cnn.com
January 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Highlights:
- all previously scheduled travel of refugees to the US is being cancelled
- no new travel bookings
- all refugee case processing and pre-departure activities are also suspended
www.cnn.com/2025/01/22/p...
- all previously scheduled travel of refugees to the US is being cancelled
- no new travel bookings
- all refugee case processing and pre-departure activities are also suspended
www.cnn.com/2025/01/22/p...
Exclusive: Trump to pull nearly 1,660 Afghan refugees from flights, say US official, advocate
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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Exclusive: Trump administration canceling flights for nearly 1,660 Afghan refugees, say U.S official, advocate
Nearly 1,660 Afghans cleared by the U.S. government to resettle in the U.S., including family members of active duty U.S. military personnel, are having their flights canceled under President Donald Trump's order suspending U.S. refugee programs, a U.S. official and a leading refugee resettlement advocate said on Monday.
www.reuters.com
January 21, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Exclusive: Trump to pull nearly 1,660 Afghan refugees from flights, say US official, advocate
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
“Sec. 3. …direct that entry into the United States of refugees under the USRAP be suspended…This suspension shall take effect at 12:01 am eastern standard time on January 27, 2025.”
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Realigning the United States Refugee Admissions Program – The White House
REALIGNING THE United States REFUGEE ADMISSIONS PROGRAM By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States
www.whitehouse.gov
January 21, 2025 at 7:12 AM
“Sec. 3. …direct that entry into the United States of refugees under the USRAP be suspended…This suspension shall take effect at 12:01 am eastern standard time on January 27, 2025.”
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
on repeat today:
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Paul Simon - American Tune (1975)
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November 5, 2024 at 7:07 PM
on repeat today:
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