Catholic Charities Fort Worth on March 3 filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on grounds that the office unlawfully withheld grant funds for the charity’s refugee services.

When the Trump administration suspended the U.S. Refugee Admission Program, the action effectively froze all federal funding for refugee resettlement groups.

Catholic Charities alleges its has not been paid since the Trump Administration moved to freeze​ to federal funding, but later rescinded the order.

Catholic Charities Fort Worth is accusing the federal government of unlawfully withholding more than $36 million in refugee resettlement funds, leading to staff layoffs and program cuts across Texas.

Catholic Charities in Florida, Texas, and Kansas spoke out this week about how the funding freeze has impacted both program-specific and agency-wide efforts.

The lawsuit claims the Department of Health and Human Services is unlawfully holding back $36 million dollars for refugee resettlement.

Tens of thousands of refugees in Texas have not received federal assistance in weeks, leading to evictions in some cases, according to the lawsuit.