A federal judge declined to direct the Trump administration to reinstate funding for refugee resettlement programs after Catholic bishops challenged the freeze, but he signaled he might do so in the future.

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops said the State Department had failed to pay $13 million in unpaid reimbursements from November 2024, with additional costs rising since the resettlement program was suspended on Jan.

The decision to halt the U.S. resettlement program slammed the door shut on more than 100 refugees scheduled to arrive soon in Tulsa, local resettlement organizations say.

Allegheny County will help cover costs for local refugee resettlement efforts, after the Trump administration halted federal aid last month.

A federal judge said the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops had failed to show it would be irreparably harmed by a delay in receiving refugee funding.