Thousands of immigrant children risk losing lawyers after Trump aid cuts

Per The Guardian, more than twenty thousand unaccompanied immigrant children in the United States risk losing their lawyers after federal funding cuts to legal aid organizations. The Trump administration has severed ties with nearly a hundred groups providing immigration advice and is routing children into fast-tracked court hearings. These children arrived without parents or guardians and must now navigate immigration court alone—a shift advocates say puts vulnerable young people at a disadvantage in legal proceedings.

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