Federal funds for legal help to child migrants are running out

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Federal funds that have long guaranteed child migrants in US custody the right to free legal representation are in danger of running dry, immigration lawyers say. - jacobsoboroff / JuliaEAinsley

Child legal services provider Lindsay Toczylowski, executive director of the Immigration Defenders Law Center, said recent reports ofhave highlighted the importance of lawyers for children in immigration custody.

Late Tuesday, the House passed a version which would restore funding, but the Senate has yet to pass its version of the bill, which the president must then sign.The White House has threatened to veto the House version of the bill because it does not include funding for border security. Shaina Aber, the program director of the Vera Justice Institute, sounded the alarm in an email to legal service providers.

According to the letter,"ORR's counsel has reached the conclusion that the Anti-Deficiency Act bars them from entering into 'any new legal commitments,'" which a spokeswoman for the agency confirmed.

 

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jacobsoboroff JuliaEAinsley AOC just told Wayfarer employees to walk out of work because they were sending beds to migrant children to sleep on!! AOC IS HURTING AND MAKING CONDITIONS WORST FOR MIGRANTS CHILDREN!! I HOLD AOC ACCOUNTABLE FOR NOT HELPING AT THE BORDER AOC IS JUST WORDS NO ACTION!!

jacobsoboroff JuliaEAinsley Oh, REALLY? 🤔

jacobsoboroff JuliaEAinsley A guarantee is a guarantee! Find the funds! donald seems to be able to magically produce funding for walls, but cannot find funding for what we consider a basic right—legal representation. With great power comes even greater responsibilities. We cannot let justice fail the needy.

jacobsoboroff JuliaEAinsley realDonaldTrump WhiteHouse Here’s a thought, give back the money for your stupid wall & start taking care of the kids. Asylum seekers are not illegally crossing our border, but Donny preventing them from doing so, more than likely has legal ramifications. IllegitimatePresident

jacobsoboroff JuliaEAinsley Amazing. Illegals get free lawyers. I don’t have a lawyer and if I did he/she would not be free. How about you

jacobsoboroff JuliaEAinsley This is what happens when an entire side of the US political spectrum pushes for illegal immigration in order to 'secure voters.' A total disregard for our national debt and the rule of law.

jacobsoboroff JuliaEAinsley like everything else with this admin's 'failures' it's a feature not a bug. This is a criminal human rights abuse of the 1st order and anyone enabling it deserves to be prosecuted.

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jacobsoboroff JuliaEAinsley These are moments when you realize humanity has taken a leave of absence under realDonaldTrump..I’m not much of a weeper, but this one got me for real...

jacobsoboroff JuliaEAinsley free lawyers, free healthcare, free dental/vision....that's more than what some legal Americans can afford for their kids.

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