The Trump administration has made a cruel and counterproductive decision about refugees.

Beyond just suspending future refugee admissions through the resettlement program, the administration issued a memo on Jan. 24 to resettlement agencies to terminate services for their refugee clients who are already in communities across the U.S.

Not only does this decision deprive recently arrived refugees of the critical support that had been promised to them when they boarded a plane bound for resettlement destinations throughout America, but it also halts services that are crucial for ensuring refugees’ early employment, housing security, access to medical care and school enrollment.

Should this decision hold, the more than

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