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NPR: Bipartisan senators rebuke White House move to end legal aid for unaccompanied minors
NPR - Bipartisan senators rebuke White House move to end legal aid for unaccompanied minors
April 15, 20255:15 AM ET
Ximena Bustillo
Two senators are mounting a rare bipartisan attack against the Trump administration's approach to due process for migrants.
Sen. Lisa Murkowsi, R-Alaska, joined Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., in a letter criticizing the end of a federal contract that provides legal representation to 26,000 children who are in the U.S. without a parent or guardian.
The decision to end the contract in late March "puts children directly at risk of trafficking and exploitation, and harms any hope of a fair legal process for thousands of vulnerable children," they wrote to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday.
The letter, which was obtained by NPR, marks rare bipartisan condemnation from Capitol Hill of the administration's immigration policy; so far, Democrats have sent most of the letters raising questions or concerns.
The administration last month ended a contract with the Acacia Center for Justice, which provided legal services to unaccompanied migrant children under the age of 18, including in-court representation and clinics.
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April 15, 20255:15 AM ET
Ximena Bustillo
Two senators are mounting a rare bipartisan attack against the Trump administration's approach to due process for migrants.
Sen. Lisa Murkowsi, R-Alaska, joined Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., in a letter criticizing the end of a federal contract that provides legal representation to 26,000 children who are in the U.S. without a parent or guardian.
The decision to end the contract in late March "puts children directly at risk of trafficking and exploitation, and harms any hope of a fair legal process for thousands of vulnerable children," they wrote to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday.
The letter, which was obtained by NPR, marks rare bipartisan condemnation from Capitol Hill of the administration's immigration policy; so far, Democrats have sent most of the letters raising questions or concerns.
The administration last month ended a contract with the Acacia Center for Justice, which provided legal services to unaccompanied migrant children under the age of 18, including in-court representation and clinics.
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