Appeals court allows Trump administration to suspend approval of new refugees amid lawsuit

WASHINGTON — An appeals court on Tuesday allowed the Trump administration to stop approving new refugees for entry into the U.S. as a lawsuit plays out over the president’s executive order halting the nation’s refugee admissions system.

Refugees who were conditionally approved before President Donald Trump took office must still be processed under the order from a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel, but the judges allowed the Republican administration to suspend new approvals.

The appeals court panel largely halted a ruling from U.S. District Judge Jamal Whitehead in Seattle. He found that Trump could not nullify the law passed by Congress establishing the program, and it must be restarted.

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