Pro-immigrant advocacy groups and a Biden-appointed pro-immigrant judge in California worked together to block President Donald Trump from cutting taxpayer-funded legal aid for illegal aliens earlier this month.

However, a federal judge in Washington, D.C., reversed that ruling and will allow the Trump administration to pause the questionable funding, Breitbart reported.

The victory for Trump may only be temporary, though, as the judge ordered the administration to provide the court with detailed information next month on how and why the taxpayer-funded legal advice and representation for illegal aliens was cut.

Funding cut for groups that provide illegal aliens with legal aid

In response to President Trump's executive orders on border security and immigration, the Justice Department ordered a halt in January to taxpayer-funded legal aid for illegal aliens facing deportation or other immigration-related issues, which predictably prompted a lawsuit from the pro-migrant advocacy groups that relied on the federal funding.

On April 1, according to the Daily Journal, U.S. District Judge Araceli Martinez Olguin, a Mexico-born jurist appointed by former President Joe Biden to the bench in Oakland, California, who previously worked for a pro-migrant advocacy group that is one of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit, ruled against the Trump administration's pause on legal aid funding for migrants.

In a seven-page opinion, Olguin issued a 14-day temporary restraining order that effectively forced the administration to resume providing taxpayer funds to the migrant legal assistance groups.

About 10 days later, per the Journal, she extended that TRO to 28 days after the administration called for her recusal in light of her prior employment and obvious bias in favor of migrants.

Judge orders administration to resume funding migrant advocacy groups

The Trump administration swiftly appealed Judge Olguin's order and, on April 15, according to the Associated Press, a federal judge in Washington D.C. reversed the California judge's order, at least for the time being.

In addition to the call for Olguin's recusal, the administration also argued that she lacked jurisdiction to even preside over the case, as the legal dispute was centered on the cancellation of federal contracts that are supposed to be handled by the Court of Federal Claims.

U.S. District Judge Randolph D. Moss, an Obama appointee, said during a hearing that the plaintiffs failed to prove any "immediate justification" to force the government to keep funding the legal aid groups for migrants, though he acknowledged that "there are a number of substantial and important issues that this case presents."

As such, he scheduled another hearing for May 14 and gave the administration a detailed list of information he wanted to be provided with, including how the DOJ decided to end the funding, where those congressionally-allocated funds may be redirected, and any known consequences or problems encountered by the advocacy groups after their federal funding was cut.

Funding halted once again

The immediate effect of Judge Moss' ruling, per the AP, "means a coalition of nonprofit groups that offer the education programs will lose their federal funding Wednesday -- and possibly some access to potential clients inside detention centers."

That will pose a significant problem for the advocacy groups and the migrants who rely on their assistance, especially those who lack the resources to hire their own attorney, as unlike in criminal courts, the government is not obligated by law to provide legal assistance and representation to those who can't afford it in immigration court or detention proceedings.

In the meantime, the tens of millions of taxpayer dollars that annually flowed to the pro-migrant advocacy groups has been halted once again, at least until Judge Moss holds the May 14 hearing and considers whether or not the administration has the legal justification to cut that federal funding for good.