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legal aid organizations
Coverage of legal aid organizations in the Nexus archive.
- The choice facing some immigrants: Pay $1.8 million in fines or leave
Immigrants face a choice between paying $1.8 million in fines or leaving the country. Legal aid organizations and lawyers representing individual clients have filed federal lawsuits to block the policy.
- Legal groups that help migrant children say law enforcement visits were attempt at intimidation
Organizations providing legal aid to unaccompanied migrant children reported that agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Health and Human Services (HHS) attempted to enter their offices. The groups described the visits as an attempt at intimidation.