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Texas Law Firm Takes On 24K Kids | Boise News
The HHS is awarding a $150 million contract to a brand-new Texas law firm, Burke Law Group, with zero immigration experience, to represent 24,000 unaccompanied immigrant children—just as their previous legal network collapsed. Founded last year and focused on environmental law, the firm’s founder worked in the Trump administration, and this “single-source” deal lets them subcontract work freely. With kids losing lawyers and win rates plummeting to under 10%, legal aid groups scramble to keep services alive—while a federal judge prepares to rule on whether the government is in contempt for…
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