Reposted by Sarah R. Meiners, PhD
No refugee fleeing religious persecution was resettled in the U.S. in fiscal year 2026 through July, per World Relief and Open Doors US, likely the first such year in at least a quarter century.
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![Discrimination on the Basis of Race
Plaintiffs argue that they are likely to succeed on their race-discrimination claims because
President Trump and others in his administration made countless statements that were "racially
overt[,]... directly targeted at Somali people," [ECF No. 103 at 12], and "explicitly tie[d] racialized notions about Somalis' alleged criminality to demands for their expulsion," [ECF No.
92 at 21-22]. Though Plaintiffs lay out a strong case for why the at-issue statements were racist, see (ECF No. 92 at 23-271, after Mullin, which included a constitutional race-discrimination claim, the Court cannot discern a path to concluding that Plaintiffs will succeed on the merits of this claim.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreighwqmy3n3uqvwxsnyxnjhpmdumwpqt3psopakjlztkvwexvtoz6a)
