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  1. April 30, 2025

    Feds Must Keep Funding Migrant Kids' Counsel, Judge Says

    A California federal judge has ruled the government must keep funding legal representation for unaccompanied children in immigrant hearings for the time being, saying Congress created rules requiring the government to do so as long as funds remain for it.

  2. April 23, 2025

    DOJ, Legal Groups Spar Over Migrant Kids Counsel Funding

    Attorneys representing groups that provide legal representation to unaccompanied immigrant children and a government attorney sparred Wednesday over whether the government is legally obligated to fund such legal counsel during a hearing on the groups' motion for preliminary injunction in California federal court.

  3. April 22, 2025

    Calif. Judge In Migrant Kids' Funding Suit Keeps Aid Flowing

    A California federal judge denied Monday the Trump administration's request to dissolve a temporary restraining order blocking the government from cutting off migrant legal services programs for unaccompanied minors, rejecting the government's arguments that the stay runs afoul of a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling.

  4. April 18, 2025

    Judge Nixes Feds' DQ Bid In Migrant Kids Legal Funding Case

    A California federal judge has denied the Trump administration's bid to remove her from a lawsuit challenging funding cuts that prevent attorneys from representing child migrants, ruling her employment at one of the plaintiffs nearly seven years ago doesn't undermine her impartiality.

  5. April 14, 2025

    Feds Ask 9th Circ. To Stay Legal Funding For Migrant Kids

    The Trump administration asked the Ninth Circuit on Monday to pause a California federal judge's order barring the government from cutting federal funding for groups providing legal representation to unaccompanied immigrant children, while attorneys challenging the funding cuts say the government is still in violation of the order.

  6. April 09, 2025

    Feds Seek Judge's Recusal In Migrant Kids Legal Services Row

    The Trump administration on Wednesday moved to recuse a California federal judge overseeing a challenge to its decision to cut funding for child migrant legal services programs, saying the judge previously worked as a managing attorney for the lead plaintiff and is therefore biased.

  7. April 07, 2025

    Attys Say Feds Violating Order By Deporting Migrant Kids

    Attorneys challenging cuts to federal funding for groups providing legal representation to unaccompanied immigrant children told a California federal judge Monday that the government is violating the court's injunction by deporting children without representation, while the government says a new U.S. Supreme Court ruling "severely undermines" the court's jurisdiction.

  8. April 02, 2025

    Judge Won't Let Feds Cut Legal Funding For Migrant Kids Yet

    A California federal judge said the federal government can't cut funding for groups that provide legal representation to unaccompanied immigrant children, finding that the public interest strongly weighs in favor of maintaining the status quo. 

  9. March 27, 2025

    Atty Groups Sue To Block Cut To Child Migrant Legal Services

    A coalition of legal services providers asked a California federal judge to overturn the Trump administration's decision to cut funding aimed at ensuring thousands of unaccompanied immigrant children have access to legal assistance, alleging that it violates federal laws and regulations.

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