Thousands of immigrant kids risk losing legal aid after Trump administration delays funds

By: Ariana Figueroa

Outlets: DC Bureau (States Newsroom)

Published: July 21, 2026

Words: 675

Last Updated: 4 weeks, 2 days ago

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WASHINGTON — As many as 20,000 unaccompanied immigrant children are at risk of losing their federally funded legal representation due to the Trump administration withholding appropriated funds, immigration attorneys warned Tuesday.

For more than six months, the Health and Human Services Department’s Office of Refugee Resettlement has not released $65 million Congress appropriated for legal representation of unaccompanied children in immigration cases. That means children may have to press their immigration claims on their own, vastly …

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