The Supreme Court recently rejected the Trump administration’s appeal to freeze $2 billion in foreign aid, requiring payments for completed work to be released. The 5-4 decision left a temporary restraining order by U.S. District Judge Amir Ali in place. Trump supporters have since criticized Justice Amy Coney Barrett and Chief Justice John Roberts, who broke from other conservative justices.
Roberts and Barrett joined three liberal justices in the majority, while Justice Samuel Alito led the dissent with three conservatives.
Nonprofits like HIAS, which has supported refugees for over a century, argued the freeze caused harm by disrupting critical programs and forcing layoffs of workers.
President Donald Trump’s executive order froze foreign aid, canceling 5,800 USAID contracts and 4,100 State Department grants, totaling $60 billion in funding.
The administration claimed its revised policy, replacing the blanket freeze with individualized reviews, justified the halt, but critics argued it violated federal law.
USAID official Pete Marocco addressed concerns about the ruling in a closed-door briefing with lawmakers, but he did not confirm plans to comply with the decision.
The Trump Administration Just Violated Another Court Order
A federal judge ruled Friday that the president violated a court order to stop freezing federal funds by withholding Federal Emergency Management
