Texas law firm withdraws from $150M contract to represent migrant children

A small Texas law firm has withdrawn from consideration for a $150 million federal contract to represent unaccompanied migrant children.

The administration had offered the contract to the Burke Law Group, which has little experience in immigration.

Law Firm With Ties To Trump Admin Declines No-Bid Contract To Represent Migrant Children  HuffPost

A Houston-based law firm tapped to receive a $150 million federal contract to provide legal representation unaccompanied immigrant children in federal custody has dropped out

Law firm with ties to Trump administration declines offer to represent migrant children  apnews.com

Utah-based Our Rescue was founded by activist Tim Ballard. It was previously known as Operation Underground Railroad and it says it helps law enforcement perform sting operations and rescues human trafficking survivors.

The Trump administration gave the contract to Our Rescue, which former agent Tim Ballard left in 2023 before being accused of sex trafficking.

Our Rescue, formerly Tim Ballard’s Operation Underground Railroad, is latest firm to get lucrative no-bid contract to support unaccompanied minors

The Trump administration has awarded a second federal contract to legally represent unaccompanied immigrant children in court to an organization whose former leader was accused in federal court of human trafficking. The Department of Health and Human Services’s Office of Refugee Resettlement announced late last week th