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Legal Service Providers Can Resume Assisting Unaccompanied Migrant Children

The Interior Department in Washington, March 29, 2017. The Interior Department will be allocating more than $120 million to tribal governments to fight the impacts of climate change. The fundin

A recent memo from the Department of Interior has allowed legal service providers to resume their work assisting unaccompanied migrant children, overturning a directive issued by the previous administration. The memo, which was obtained by a reliable source, stated that all activities can now continue without providing a specific reason for the change.

Earlier this week, the Trump administration had ordered legal service providers working with unaccompanied migrant children to halt their services, causing distress among organizations representing these vulnerable children. This sudden reversal had created uncertainty and concern within the community of legal service providers.

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