Hundreds of refugees set to resettle in Spokane could be stopped by day-one executive orders from Trump administration

President Donald Trump’s day-one executive orders stopping the flow of refugees into the United States could prevent hundreds from coming to Spokane this year and threaten the funding of the resettlement agencies that help them.

Just hours after Trump assumed office Monday, he signed an executive order halting the nation’s refugee resettlement program effective Jan. 27 until the president determines that restarting the program “is in the interests of the United States.”

This puts a stop to all new refugees from coming to the country for at least 90 days, though local refugee aid organizations worry it will drag into the foreseeable future.

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