Key legal resource for immigrant kids to expire with federal contract, advocates say

A federal contract providing legal aid to over 20,000 unaccompanied immigrant children is set to expire, with the Trump administration declining to renew it. Advocates warn this will lead to faster deportations, as fewer than 10% of children without lawyers succeed in immigration court. The Office of Refugee Resettlement has withheld $65 million from Acacia Center for Justice, which distributes funds to legal organizations, citing refusal to share sensitive case data.