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POLITICSAug 5 · 20:07 UTCFLORIDA PHOENIXAriana Figueroa

Small Texas law firm run by Trump ally wins contract for legal aid to immigrant kids

The Department of Health and Human Services plans to award a $150 million contract to the Burke Law Group, a Texas firm run by a former Trump administration official, to provide legal aid to unaccompanied immigrant children. The firm replaces the Acacia Center for Justice, whose contract expired, and has limited immigration law expertise, with only two of its nearly 30 lawyers specializing in immigration and asylum law.

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