by Sonali Kolhatkar | Aug 14, 2026 | Immigrants, immigration, immigration jails, Migrant Children, News, Office of Refugee Resettlement, Trump Administration, unaccompanied children, unaccompanied minors
As part of its relentless project of mass deportation, the Trump administration has taken particularly brutal aim at the most vulnerable population of immigrants: children. If the federal government has its way, about 20,000 unaccompanied minors will soon face immigration court hearings without legal representation. For decades, Congress has allocated funding for unaccompanied immigrant…
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by Brett Wilkins | Jul 31, 2026 | Department of Health and Human Services, Deportations, Family Separation, immigrant children, Immigrants, immigration, Immigration Court, immigration courts, Migrant Children, News, Office of Refugee Resettlement, Trump Administration, unaccompanied children, unaccompanied minors, US Department of Health and Human Services
Thousands of unaccompanied immigrant children could lose their lawyers beginning Friday as federally funded contracts supporting them are set to expire, prompting advocates to warn that the move will leave vulnerable minors to face deportation proceedings frightened and alone. Since 2003, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has funded a nationwide network of around 100…
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