Federal Judge Amir Ali has ordered US President Donald Trump's team to unblock the activities of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), according to journalists. The White House must lift a three-week funding freeze that has stopped the flow of American aid.
Points of attention
- The judge emphasized that Trump's decision caused harm to nonprofit organizations.
- The resolution prohibits State Department Secretary Marco Rubio and other Trump administration officials from carrying out orders to halt USAID work.
The fight for USAID continues in the US
What is important to understand is that the judge issued a temporary injunction on a lawsuit filed by two organizations — the AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition and the Global Health Council.
Amir Ali draws attention to the massive damage the unexpected shutdown has caused to nonprofits and other organizations that help deliver U.S. aid abroad.
The document says that Donald Trump's team argued that it should stop funding thousands of USAID aid programs abroad in order to conduct a thorough analysis of each program and determine whether it should be eliminated.
As the judge noted, the White House has still not provided any explanation as to why a total blocking of all foreign aid approved by Congress could be considered a rational prerequisite for reviewing the programs.
Therefore, this order prohibits Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other Trump administration officials from enforcing stop-work orders.
