Trump administration funding freeze threatens legal aid for thousands of immigrant children

About 100 organizations, including one in Oregon, that provide legal representation to vulnerable children have not been paid by the federal government since December.

Thousands of unaccompanied migrant children could lose legal representation as soon as Friday, advocates and immigration lawyers tell ABC News.

The termination of a federal contract that pays nonprofit organizations for providing legal assistance to immigrant children will affect 90 organizations nationwide.

The U.S. Education Department is threatening to cut funding to two school districts in Maryland and Michigan over its policies surrounding protected information about students’ gender identity not being disclosed to parents. In a partnership with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the Education Department’s Student

July 28 - Aurora's 6-year-old daughter arrived at the U.S. border alone and spent more than half a year in a child migrant shelter while her mother, who was already in the country, worked to get her out.