Decision date: 2021-01-08

Upholding preliminary injunction enjoining 2019 executive order requiring both a state and locality to provide affirmative consent before refugees could be resettled. The Court ruled that Plaintiffs established a likelihood of success on their claim that the executive order violated the Refugee Act and that they satisfied the remaining factors for a preliminary injunction.

Publication Status: Published

Case judge: Harris, Keenan, King

Decision: HIAS, Inc. v. Trump, 985 F.3d 309 (4th Cir. 2021)