Catholic Charisies de Texas will withdraw demand against Federal Government from the United States as payments resume

A Catholic charity of Texas (United States) that sued the US federal government this month for budget cuts says it will withdraw its demand as payments of the United States Department of Health and Human Services resume (HHS).

Catholic Charities Fort Worth sued the agency in early March after the Trump administration freezing dozens of millions of dollars in subsidies for refugee services in Texas.

Earlier this month, the government announced that it was reviewing the integrity of the Catholic Balefician organization program. Last week, the government announced that I had paid more than 47 million dollars To the beneficial organization after completing the review.

In a “joint situation report” presented earlier this weekthe beneficial organization and the government said HHS has made continuous payments to the Catholic group since March 17 after the conclusion of the review.

“As a result of the representations and actions (of the Government), (the Catholic beneficial organization) will request the dismissal of this case on April 2, 2025 or before,” says the document.

The document indicated that the beneficial organization would only dismiss the demand as long as the financing requests of the group “continue to pay normally until that date.”

The pending dismissal of the demand will end only one of several demands filed after the important budget and financing cuts that the Trump administration has implemented since January. The White House said the cuts sought to align the federal policy and spending with the administration’s agenda.

The United States Catholic Bishop Conference (USCCB) demanded the Trump administration in February for what the bishops considered that it was an illegal suspension of the financing of refugee programs in the United States.

Earlier this month, the State Department canceled two multi -million dollar resettlement contracts with the USCCBinstructing bishops to “stop all work in the program and not incur new costs” and “cancel as many pending obligations as possible.” The demand for bishops is still being processed in a federal court.

Several other groups have sued the Government for the freezing of funds, arguing that the White House was overreacted in its Executive Power by putting an end to the large amounts of federal payments.

Demands have also been filed for other Trump White House policies. Last month, several religious groups sued the administration For their policy that allows immigration agents to arrest alleged illegal immigrants in places of worship and other “sensitive places.”

Translated and adapted by the ACI Press team. Originally published in CNA.