President Donald Trump and his administration have continued to meet resistance at the federal judiciary level, especially regarding President Donald Trump's immigration policies.

However, the administration has notched a few wins recently, with one of them coming this week via a ruling by U.S. District Judge Jamal Whitehead in Seattle, who rescinded an order that would have required the admittance of some 12,000 refugees into the U.S.

Trump, on his first day in office, nixed several directives that would have allowed tens of thousands of refugees into the United States as part of his bold immigration policies.

A federal appeals court at the time required that the administration let in the 12,000 or so refugees who had already made travel plans to come to the United States.

What's going on?

While the bulk of the 12,000 refugees will no longer be allowed to come, the judge clarified that the 160 or so refugees who can prove they essentially upended their lives in their home countries are still allowed in.

The outlet noted:

As an example of who should be admitted, the appeals court noted the case of one plaintiff, a refugee from the Democratic Republic of Congo who sold his family's belongings and gave up the lease on their home because he, his wife and their child were supposed to fly to the U.S. on Jan. 22 before the administration canceled their travel.

The federal judge clarified that about 160 refugees who had planned to come to the United States within two weeks of the Jan. 20 order will be allowed to come anyway.

The judge wrote, "“The Government must process, admit, and provide statutorily mandated resettlement support services to these Injunction Protected Refugees immediately."

The thousands of refugees who had reportedly planned to come to the United States will be evaluated on a "case-by-case basis," reports noted.

The federal judge said he would appoint a special master to do the assessments for the individual cases.

The difference

There are differences between America's refugee program and its asylum program.

The outlet noted:

The refugee program, created by Congress in 1980, is a form of legal migration to the U.S. for people displaced by war, natural disaster or persecution — a process that often takes years and involves significant vetting. It is different from asylum, by which people newly arrived in the U.S. can seek permission to remain because they fear persecution in their home country.

Trump had canceled the decades-old program on his first day of his second term in the White House.

Several lawsuits were triggered upon Trump canceling the program, many of which are still playing out in court.