Ninth Circuit partially stays Whitehead injunction, protects conditionally approved refugees

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals partially stayed Judge Whitehead's nationwide injunction. The court stayed the injunction's application to the broader USRAP suspension but upheld protection for refugees who had received conditional approval — finding that the government was unlikely to prevail on the merits against that class. The partial stay meant the executive branch could resume refusing new refugee admissions but couldn't block approved families already cleared for travel.