Unaccompanied minors wait to see a Border Patrol agent after crossing the Rio Grande from Mexico into Texas on March 25, 2021. The Trump administration has halted funding for a program that provides legal representation for unaccompanied minors. (John Moore/Getty Images)
An Oregon nonprofit that provides legal services to immigrant children learned its federal funding has been cut off by the Trump administration, upending the organization and the cases of the kids it’s helping.
Immigration Counseling Service in Oregon received notice last week of near-total termination of a federally funded program that provides legal representation to migrant children who entered the country on their own without a parent or a legal guardian.
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