The Trump administration has issued a directive to legal service providers working with unaccompanied migrant children to cease their operations, as revealed in a recently obtained memo. This decision marks the latest in a series of actions that have been depriving immigrants in the United States of crucial resources, this time specifically targeting children and teenagers who have crossed the southern border without their parents.
The Department of Interior transmitted the order, dated Tuesday, to the Acacia Center for Justice, a nonprofit organization that aids nearly 26,000 children currently in or released from the custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement. The resettlement office, overseen by the Health and Human Services Department, is responsible for the welfare of unaccompanied migrant children.
