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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Janie Har

US judge orders Trump administration to restore legal aid to unaccompanied migrant children

Trump Migrant Children - (Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

A federal judge in California on Tuesday ordered the Trump administration to temporarily restore legal aid to tens of thousands of migrant children who are in the United States without a parent or guardian.

The Republican administration on March 21 terminated a contract with the Acacia Center for Justice, which provides legal services for unaccompanied migrant children under 18 through a network of legal aid groups that subcontract with the center. Eleven subcontractor groups sued, saying that 26,000 children were at risk of losing their attorneys; Acacia is not a plaintiff.

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