US government must keep funding legal aid for migrant children, judge rules | Migration News

The ruling temporarily stops 26,000 unaccompanied minors from losing their legal representation.

A federal judge has ordered the United States government to temporarily restart funding for legal aid to migrant children travelling alone, saying it makes the immigration system fairer.

The order by US District Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin of San Francisco on Tuesday prevents tens of thousands of unaccompanied children from losing their lawyers. It comes after President Donald Trump’s…