Earlier this month, another federal judge directed the Labor Department to cease removing Job Corps students from housing, terminating jobs or otherwise suspending the nationwide program without congressional approval.

A State Department spokesman declined to answer questions about the timing of RIF notices but told reporters, “we have no plans to violate a court order.”

A federal judge on Wednesday granted a preliminary injunction to stop the U.S. Department of Labor from shutting down Job Corps, a residential program for low-income youth, until a lawsuit against the move is resolved.