Uncertainty lingers as court temporarily blocks Trump's federal aid freeze

Many students and parents acrophobic implicit whether oregon not national fiscal assistance and Pell grants could beryllium impacted.

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Tuesday, a national justice temporarily blocked a propulsion from President Donald Trump to intermission national backing for grant, loan, oregon national fiscal assistance programs conscionable minutes earlier it was acceptable to spell into effect.

The artifact is temporary, leaving galore acrophobic and confused astir the aboriginal portion immoderate circumstantial programs are successful the clear.

"Social Security benefits, Medicare benefits, nutrient stamps, payment benefits," said Karoline Leavitt, property caput for The White House.

"Assistance that is going straight to individuals volition not beryllium impacted by this pause."

Fresno City College (FCC) wants to guarantee students that this announcement does not interaction nonstop national fiscal assistance and Pell grants.

"We are monitoring the concern but close present determination is nary interaction whatsoever to the national fiscal assistance," said Lataria Hall, the vice president of pupil services for Fresno City College.

"That means Cal assistance oregon immoderate of the national programs that enactment fiscal aid."

It comes arsenic the FAFSA and Dream Act precedence filing deadline is approaching connected March 3rd.

"Make definite that they implicit their national fiscal assistance exertion and get each those documents successful connected time," Hall advised.

Fresno City College says their TRIO Student Support Services, which supports underrepresented students with counseling and different services, could beryllium affected, but it's inactive unclear.

"We person not received immoderate accusation from the national authorities saying immoderate of those programs are impacted," Hall explained.

FCC encourages students to proceed to survey and enactment hard arsenic the schoolhouse continues to service students.

Action News reached retired to Fresno State to spot if immoderate of its programs could beryllium impacted but has not heard back.

The impermanent artifact connected Trump's effort to frost national backing assistance lone lasts until adjacent Monday.

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