A federal judge gives the Trump administration until Monday to pay many non -profit groups and relief organizations affected by President Donald Trump’s order to freeze foreign assistance Close the American Agency for International Development.
On Thursday, the American boycott judge, Amir Ali, has developed a plan to ensure that the federal government is depicting money to at least nine groups, including the World Health Council, International Chemonics and the Coalition for the AIDS vaccine.
on I was pre -ordered The administration, which must temporarily spend external aid and which were present before Trump took office on January 20, an amount that the government is estimated at two billion dollars.
Follow the coverage of the living policy here
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court confirmed the previous ruling on the former, but he wrote that “it must clarify the obligations that the government must fulfill” to comply with his ruling.
On Thursday, Ali did not order the administration to pay two billion dollars completely by the deadline at 6 pm on Monday, but instead it ordered the payment of a smaller amount that has not yet been determined for the relief institutions mentioned in the case.
Requesting more information from the plaintiffs in the case by Friday afternoon, which will determine the amount of the payment and the specific recipients.
It is not clear whether the payments will take the deadline on Monday, when the Ministry of Justice told the judge that the administration expects that it will be able to pay the prosecutors in “not more than ten working days” and that the next weekend holiday may constitute a challenge in spending money.
“There are a number of logistical problems that must be solved,” said Indraneel Sur’s lawyer on Thursday.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment Thursday night.
A lawyer representing relief groups said that funding must be provided by March 14 to the US Agency for International Development to “keep the spotlight.”
The USA International Development Agency provides billions of dollars in humanitarian aid abroad from financing, which represents less than 1 % of the federal budget. In the fiscal year 2023, more than $ 40 billion was allocated and assisted for about 130 countries, according to what he said Congress Research Service.
The countries that received the most assistance from the United States Agency for International Development that year were Ukraine, Ethiopia, Jordan and the Congo.
Trump Executive order On January 20, freezing external assistance for 90 days. Foreign Minister Marco Rubio later All external assistance stopped in the United States It is funded by the US Department of State and the International Development Agency, which sparked many lawsuits.
The Trump administration has moved to reduce spending at the United States Agency for International Development, declaring Plan last month To eliminate more than 90 % of its contracts and $ 60 billion in US foreign aid worldwide. The discounts, if allowed to leave, will leave a few US Agency for International Development Projects to be left to try to save in court.
The Ministry of Justice referred to the discounts at the front of the court on Thursday, on the pretext that many contracts of the US Agency for International Development have been reviewed, maintained or terminated, with the addition that the administration will make “legal payments”.
