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Funding Freeze Threatens Migrant Kids’ Legal Aid | US News
Thousands of unaccompanied migrant children could lose critical legal aid as a $65 million funding dispute threatens to collapse the federal support network. Nonprofits, which represent over 20,000 kids through the Acacia Center for Justice, say they’re owed for work already done—but the government insists Acacia refused a new contract demanding invasive reporting on clients and billing. Legal groups warn staff furloughs are already happening and fear children will face deportation without representation. One group is owed $25 million, another $800,000, and both say they’re stopping new…
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