Trump administration reverses its previous decision and reinstates legal aid for migrant children

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Trump administration backtracks on defunding legal help for migrant children

Migrants wait in line near El Paso, Texas to board a transport bus on May 10, 2023. Photo by Corrie Boudreaux for Source New MexicoThe Trump administration’s decision to rip federal funding away from organizations that provide free legal services to migrant children has been reversed, after igniting chaos among immigrant aid groups who feared tens of thousands of children would be left without attorneys.  Less than a week ago, the U.S. Departmen…

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Nonprofit says it can resume services for migrant children

Editor’s note: Video was from earlier this week when Estrella del Paso was ordered to stop providing services to migrant children. EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Nonprofit organization Estrella del Paso said it can now resume its work providing representation and legal access services to unaccompanied migrant children. Earlier this week, the Trump Administration had […]

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Trump administration reinstates funds for lawyers representing 26,000 children in immigration court

Trump administration reverses itself on a program providing lawyers for 4,000 migrant children in immigration court.

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Colorado nonprofit allowed to continue helping immigrant children after Trump administration rescinds order

A Colorado nonprofit that provides attorneys for immigrant children separated from their parents was allowed to resume its work Friday after the Trump administration rescinded a stop work order that had ended legal services for unaccompanied children.  The stop work order affecting 90 legal services organizations nationwide was issued by the Department of the Interior on Tuesday and rescinded Friday, without explanation.  Rocky Mountain Immigran…

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Trump administration reverses its previous decision and reinstates legal aid for migrant children

Days after telling legal groups who help migrant children who arrive in America alone — some so young they are in diapers or their feet dangle from their chairs in

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The Trump administration has reversed one of the most controversial recent measures of its anti-immigration campaign. Only three days after the government announced the end of the program that offered legal representation to undocumented minors who crossed the border alone, it has decided to continue it.