A federal judge in California briefly revoked a Trump management policy that put an end to the lawful funding for immigrant children on Tuesday. Without the decision, thousands of children may experience greater challenges in regaining entry to the United States.
The Trump presidency terminated a deal with the Acacia Center for Justice, which employs suppliers to provide legal assistance to immigrant children under the age of 18. Some contractor organizations v sued over the order, claiming that 26, 000 babies were at risk of losing their lawyers.
The Court further concludes that the ongoing financing of constitutional representation for unsupervised children promotes efficiency and fairness within the immigration system.
The state argued that the law would not apply to children who are living in the country illegally, but San Francisco Judge Araceli Martnez-Olgun argued that the order may go against a 2008 anti-trafficking legislation.
The 2008 Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act was a bipartisan legislation that safeguarded children who entered the country alone and made sure” to the greatest extent practicable” that they had legal representation in court proceedings and “protected them from abuse, oppression, and trafficking.”
The be will start on Wednesday and continue through April 16.
In late February, the Trump presidency issued a directive to immigration officials to track down hundreds of thousands of immigrant children who had already arrived in the country without their parents. According to a letter from the USCIS, they were divided into three categories: “flight risk,” “public safety,” and “border safety.”
If “flight risk” children were prioritized, they would either be deported or been given a notice to appear in immigration judge.
The program aims to stop child exploitation and human prostitution.
The federal government has received criticism for ending the legal assistance program because the Trump administration emphasizes cutting cost-benefits and deporting illegal immigrants. The government has faced criticism for postponing the program.
Without an attorney, children’s program director at Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network in Colorado, Ashley Harrington, said,” Children cannot be expected to understand the tough and complicated immigration legal technique.”
She said,” This brazen, heartless work harm children’s life.”
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Jonathan Ross, a spokesperson for the Department of Justice, claimed that the government continues to provide financing for legal-forbidding activities like “know your rights” facilities.
He claimed that those clinics could also provide pro bono services.
