Trump administration suspends some funding for refugee resettlement groups, memo says

Washington — The Trump administration has directed refugee resettlement groups to stop using some federal funds in light of the president's suspension of American foreign aid, according to a U.S. State Department memo obtained by CBS News.

While refugee resettlement groups are still scrambling to interpret the scope of the funding freeze, advocates believe the move will affect their efforts to integrate refugees into communities across the United States.

John Slocum, the executive director of Refugee Council USA, a coalition of groups supporting those displaced by violence, said the Trump administration's funding suspension would be "unfathomably cruel" if it affects reception services for refugees.