WASHINGTON (AP) — An appeals court has allowed the Trump administration to stop approving new refugees for entry into the U.S. as a lawsuit plays out over the president’s executive order halting the nation’s refugee admissions system. Refugees conditionally approved before President Donald Trump took office must still be processed under the Tuesday order from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, but it allows the Republican administration to suspend new approvals. The appeals court panel halted a ruling from U.S. District Judge Jamal Whitehead in Seattle. Whitehead found that Trump could not nullify the law passed by Congress establishing the program. Whitehead said the president does have substantial discretion to suspend refugee admissions but the authority is not limitless.
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