Federal Judge Awards Catholic Charities of Fort Worth Another $47 Million

The award comes on top of the $1 billion in immigration funding already received from taxpayers.

The federal government has until March 18 to pay Catholic Charities Fort Worth millions in grant funds that have been withheld since January.

A federal judge on March 14 ordered the Department of Health and Human Services to release $47 million that became entangled in the Trump administration’s restructuring of federal programs.

The grants were allocated to pay for organizations that partner with Catholic Charities Fort Worth, such as the Texas Office for Refugees, which provides resettlement services to people fleeing violence and persecution in their home countries.

Catholic Charities Fort Worth sued HHS and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy earlier this month, alleging the federal government had unlawfully frozen the funding.

The pause led to thousands of refugees losing their cash payment benefits, which resulted in evictions and other hardships, the organization said, as well as the possibility of having to lay off almost almost half of its staff across Texas.

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