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Trump takes a wrecking ball to legal representation for immigrant…

HHS has contracted with legal providers for decades to represent unaccompanied kids in court, and it has now stopped paying many of them.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe Trump administration has stopped paying many of the legal service providers that represent immigrant children in court.

  2. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorFor decades, the Department of Health and Human Services has contracted with those groups to handle court representation for kids who arrive without a parent or guardian.

  3. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorAnd these are children in immigration court, Hank, many of them facing a judge with no lawyer beside them.

  4. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThe Hill used the words wrecking ball. Supporters of the administration would likely call it a spending review.

  5. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorEither way, the money has stopped, and the court dates have not.

  6. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorWhich is the part that matters. A hearing doesn't wait for a budget fight.

  7. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorA nine-year-old cross-examining a government attorney. Lovely.

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