Catholic Charities Fort Worth on March 3 filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on grounds that the office unlawfully withheld grant funds for the charity’s refugee services.

When the Trump administration suspended the U.S. Refugee Admission Program, the action effectively froze all federal funding for refugee resettlement groups.

Catholic Charities alleges its has not been paid since the Trump Administration moved to freeze​ to federal funding, but later rescinded the order.

Catholic Charities Fort Worth is accusing the federal government of unlawfully withholding more than $36 million in refugee resettlement funds, leading to staff layoffs and program cuts across Texas.

The lawsuit claims the Department of Health and Human Services is unlawfully holding back $36 million dollars for refugee resettlement.

A lack of reimbursements since late January has forced local refugee service providers to furlough or lay off staff and cease services to refugees.

Catholic Charities Fort Worth, a nonprofit organization that serves as Texas’ refugee resettlement office, has sued the Trump administration, claiming the federal government has withheld more than $36 million in grants, leading its partners to lay off workers and close some offices.

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