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US government must keep funding legal aid for migrant children, judge rules

A border patrol agent directs migrant children as they arrive at a processing centre in Brownsville, Texas [File: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP]

A federal judge has ordered the United States government to temporarily restart funding for legal aid to migrant children travelling alone, saying it makes the immigration system fairer.

The order by US District Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin of San Francisco on Tuesday prevents tens of thousands of unaccompanied children from losing their lawyers. It comes after President Donald Trump’s administration cancelled a contract with a nonprofit that helps them get legal representation.

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