Trump administration releases millions in refugee resettlement funds to Texas after lawsuit
Houston Landing - Houston, TX
by Dion Nissenbaum
March 20, 2025
“The Trump administration has released $47 million dollars meant to help more than 100,000 refugees in Texas adapt to life in America.
The aid group running Texas refugee programs had sued the Trump administration earlier this month, accusing the federal government of illegally freezing millions meant to help immigrants seeking refuge from Ukraine, Afghanistan, Cuba and other nations.
Anjum Malik, founder and director of the Global Impact Initiative, an Austin-based refugee aid group that had to halt some of its work because of the federal freeze, said Thursday that the release in funding would help in the short-term.
The future of immigrant support programs in Texas and across the nation, however, remains in doubt because of the Trump administration’s broader efforts to cut off federal funding.
‘The funding has been released, but the future is very uncertain because nobody knows what’s going to happen,’ she said.”
