The Justice of USA blockade This Tuesday the recent order of the administration of Donald Trump that suspended subsidies and federal loans and that, in some states, he had begun to feel even before the time announced from the Executive for its implementation.
In a reverse For the new government, which last week saw its measure paralyzed to end citizens by birth, in the last hours the judge of the district of Columbia Loren Alikhan defined that it was not correct that the measure was implemented and postponed it even by The least February 3.
Donald Trump’s administration had announced the decision a few hours before, on Tuesday, in an attempt by Align federal expenditure with the priorities of the new president.
Thus, the pause was expected to delay the Disbursement of billions of dollars destined for items Student loansthe Food assistance and the financing of support organizations for veterans and people with disabilitiesamong others, as well as Help announced for areas devastated by fires in California and floods in North Carolina.
Federal subsidies and loans reach practically all corners of the lives of Americans, with billions of dollars for programs of Education, health and fight against poverty, housing aid, helps in catastrophes, infrastructure and endless other initiatives.
According to the Government, Tuesday’s freezing included all the money destined for “at external aid” and “non -governmental organizations”, among other categories. It ordered 55 agencies to examine more than 2,600 individual subsidy programs.
The White House said that Pause would not affect social security payments or Medicare the elderly or “assistance provided directly to people”, such as some food and social welfare aid programs for the poor.
In a second memorandum published on Tuesday, the White House said that the funds for Medicaid, the farmers, the small businesses, the help to the rent and the Head Start preschool program would continue without interruption. But Democratic Senator Chris Murphy, from Connecticut, said the Head Start refund had closed in his state, preventing preschool centers from paying staff.
The situation of other programs that could be affected, such as scientific research, road construction and addiction recovery, was not clear.
The freezing followed the suspension of the foreign aid of the Republican President, which began to cut on Tuesday the supply of vital medicines to countries around the world that depend on the help to the development of the United States.
(With information from AP, EFE, Reuters and Europa Press)
