Today, immigrant children will not have legal representation in...

Rep. Veronica Escobar @repescobar.bsky.social Aug 3

Today, immigrant children will not have legal representation in court because the Trump administration chose to eliminate a program for them.

Over 20,000 children will have to fight deportation alone, and will likely be sent back to the very danger they fled 🧵
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Estrella del Paso shuts down Unaccompanied Children’s Program as Trump ends funding - El Paso Matters

The nonprofit, a ministry of the Catholic Diocese of El Paso, provided free and reduced legal services to unaccompanied migrant children. Without federal funding, the organization shut down its childr...

Veronica Escobar U.S. Representative for Texas's 16th District

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