Judge orders White House to restore legal aid to unaccompanied migrant children

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/02/immigration-migrant-children-legal-aid

Judge orders White House to restore legal aid to unaccompanied migrant children

The temporary restraining order is another setback in less than a week for Trump’s immigration crackdown

Associated Press
Wed 2 Apr 2025 08.11 EDT

A federal judge in California has 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 21 March 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.

Those groups argued that the government has an obligation under a 2008 anti-trafficking law to provide vulnerable children with legal counsel.

US district judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín of San Francisco granted a temporary restraining order late on Tuesday. She wrote that advocates raised legitimate questions about whether the administration violated the 2008 law, warranting a return to the status quo while the case continues. The order will take effect Wednesday and runs through 16 April.

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