Trump’s decision to halt legal support in court for minors who enter the U.S. alone has sparked fury from immigration advocates.
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PresidentDonaldTrump’sdecisiontohaltlegalsupportinimmigrationcourtforchildrenwhoentertheUnitedStatesalonehassparkedfuryfromhumanrightsadvocates.
“TheTrumpadministrationisabandoningchildrenforthesakeofpoliticsandleavingkidstofendforthemselvesagainstourcompleximmigrationsystem,”saidLindsayToczylowski,thepresidentandCEOoftheImmigrantDefendersLawCenter(ImmDef).
NewsweekhascontactedtheInteriorDepartmentforfurthercomment.
WhyItMattersTheDepartmentoftheInteriorissuedastop-workorderonTuesday,immediatelyhaltinglegalservicesforimmigrantchildrensupportedbytheAcaciaCenterforJustice’sUnaccompaniedChildrenProgram.
Thenonprofitassistsalmost26,000childrencurrentlyinorrecentlyreleasedfromthecustodyoftheOfficeofRefugeeResettlement(ORR),whichoperatesundertheDepartmentofHealthandHumanServices.ORRisresponsibleforthecareofunaccompaniedmigrantchildren,andtheorderhas
