OAKLAND, CA — Today, a federal court ordered the Trump administration to release withheld funding for legal services for unaccompanied immigrant children by 12 p.m. PT on Friday, August 7, after nearly nine months of the administration failing to comply with the court’s preliminary injunction order. The order requires the government to pay nonprofit organizations […]
← Return to Home (FOIA Library: Unaccompanied Children and Non-Parental Family Members Explore other document categories below: Family Rights and Separation 1. Email on Defining “Fraudulent Family” [PDF] E-mail providing response to a question during a hearing on how a “fraudulent family” is defined, specifically whether aunts or uncles are included in that definition. The
← Return to Home (FOIA Library: Unaccompanied Children and Non-Parental Family Members) Explore other document categories below: “Other” 1. Talking Points on Policy Proposals Limiting UC and Family Border Crossing [PDF]Trump 1.0 policy proposals outlining the administration’s short-, mid-, and long-term actions to decrease immigration. 2. Memo on HHS Policy Deficiencies by the Senate’s Permanent
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The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a federal district court’s order compelling the government to resume funding for legal services for unaccompanied immigrant children. This is the latest update in CLSEPA v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). This case arose when the federal government cut off critical congressionally appropriated funding
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SAN FRANCISCO– A federal district court once again ordered the Trump administration to fund attorneys for unaccompanied children, reversing a move the administration had made when it cut funding to legal service providers that specialize in representing vulnerable immigrant children who would otherwise be left to face the deportation system alone. The order is the
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SAN FRANCISCO – A federal district court issued a Temporary Restraining Order shortly after oral argument in CLSEPA v. HHS, temporarily restoring critical legal services for unaccompanied children. Legal service providers sued the Trump administration last week after the administration announced it would no longer fund these services for unaccompanied kids, in violation of the
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Amica Center for Immigrant Rights, Immigrant Defenders Law Center, and Justice Action Center announced the filing of a federal lawsuit against the government for shutting down critical legal representation programs for unaccompanied immigrant children. The lawsuit, filed against the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) and
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE LOS ANGELES — Immigrants’ rights advocates took the stand at trial today in ImmDef v. DHS, a lawsuit filed to protect the congressionally mandated rights of unaccompanied children who had prior interaction with Remain in Mexico, otherwise known as MPP. The trial is the latest step in a case initially filed under
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