Suspend or curtail refugee admissions

Project 2025 recommends indefinite curtailment of refugee admissions while vetting resources are redirected. Executive Order 14163 suspended USRAP admissions subject to case-by-case exceptions.

Project 2025 said

The federal government's obligation to shift national security-essential screening and vetting resources to the forged border crisis will necessitate an indefinite curtailment of the number of USRAP refugee admissions.

Chapter: 6 · Department of State
Author: Kiron K. Skinner
Department: U.S. Department of State
Printed page: 177–178
PDF page: 209–210
Last verified: August 16, 2026

Open Project 2025 — Chapter 6, printed page 177PDF viewer page 209

Corrected chapter attribution and verified against the canonical Heritage Foundation PDF: printed pages 177-178, PDF viewer pages 209-210.

Compared with

Government did

Match: Strong Alignment

Realigning the United States Refugee Admissions Program

The order suspended entry under USRAP subject to case-by-case joint determinations and periodic reports on whether resumption would serve United States interests.

Action type: Executive Order
Identifier: Executive Order 14163
Current status: Modified By Court
In effect: Partly
Last verified: August 16, 2026

Why this match

The order strongly aligns with indefinite curtailment of refugee admissions, but the program remains legally extant, case-by-case admissions remain possible, and domestic services are subject to court-protected statutory duties.

How this can change

Reversibility: Moderate

Presidential Rescission

A future President may rescind the admissions suspension. Congress controls the Refugee Act and appropriations; agencies administer USRAP; courts may review statutory and administrative-law claims.

Authority: Congress · President · Agency · Courts

Litigation

Pacito v. Trump

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 25-1313; 25-1939

Current status: Preliminary-injunction appeal decided; underlying litigation may continue

On March 5, 2026, the Ninth Circuit largely reversed preliminary injunctions against the refugee-admissions suspension but affirmed relief requiring domestic resettlement services mandated by 8 U.S.C. section 1522 for admitted refugees.

Injunction scope: Admissions and overseas-processing injunctions largely reversed; domestic-service relief affirmed.

Appeal: Ninth Circuit decision issued March 5, 2026

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