Trump, children and Legal Aid

Trump administration rescinds order to halt legal aid for unaccompanied migrant children
The Interior Department reversed course on a stop-work order issued Tuesday that cut off funding for “all activities” related to legal aid for unaccompanied migrants younger than 18.
Trump administration halts legal aid for migrant children, leaving some to navigate courts alone
The Trump administration has suspended a program that helped children who come to the U.S. without a parent or guardian navigate the immigration court system.
Trump Administration Cuts Off Legal Aid for Youth Facing Deportation
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Arizona nonprofit relieved as legal aid for unaccompanied children resumes
YUMA, AZ (AZFamily) — The Trump administration’s decision to halt legal aid for unaccompanied migrant children has been reversed. The original move had left an estimated 26,000 children facing immigration court without a lawyer. Immigration advocates were calling the action unprecedented.
Trump admin reverses decision, 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 court that they must stop their work,
Trump administration orders nonprofits to stop providing legal services to migrant kids
A local nonprofit group has been ordered by the Trump administration to stop providing taxpayer-funded legal services to unaccompanied migrant children in government custody in Arizona. A lawyer with the Florence Immigrant & Refugee Project called the decision by the Trump administration an "attack on immigrant children.
Trump halts access to legal services for unaccompanied children in immigration court
The Acacia Center for Justice says it serves 26,000 migrant children under its federal contract. The Interior Department gave no explanation for the stop-work order, telling the group only that it was done for “causes outside of your control” and should not be interpreted as a judgment of poor performance.
Melanie Shakarian, instrumental in Cleveland Legal Aid’s success, set to retire
Melanie Shakarian, director of development and communications at Cleveland's Legal Aid, to step down after 20 years.
Texas' largest immigrant legal aid group is firing dozens, citing Trump funding freeze
The group, RAICES, blamed the layoffs on Trump's suspension of the U.S Refugee Admissions Program and his freeze on federal ...
Residents lose trash, maintenance services after owners allegedly abandon properties
Hundreds of residents in apartment complexes lost basic services after a real estate group abandoned the properties.
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Samia Legal Aid Campaign extends to Lindi
The Regional Gender and Children Officer for Lindi who is also the Assistant Inspector of Police, Ms Joyce Kitesho, said the initiative was important in raising awareness among women and ...