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Legal Protections for Immigrant Children End

Updated 2026-08-01 10:10 UTC 1 source Negative

A federal contract that provided legal representation to unaccompanied immigrant children has expired, leaving over 25,000 children without previous protections. This change is causing significant concern among advocacy groups.

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Thousands of unaccompanied immigrant children are set to lose legal representation. The federal contract that pays for legal access expired Friday.
2026-08-01 10:00 UTC
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