Children face higher threat of US deportation as legal support deal expires
- Advocates warn expiring contract could leave 24,000 children without legal representation, increasing risk of expulsion.
- Immigration advocates have warned that children who entered the United States without documentation or a legal guardian could soon lose their legal representation.
- That could lead to higher rates of deportation as a federal contract providing the service expired on Friday.
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- Advocates warn expiring contract could leave 24,000 children without legal representation, increasing risk of expulsion.
- Immigration advocates have warned that children who entered the United States without documentation or a legal guardian could soon lose their legal representation.
- That could lead to higher rates of deportation as a federal contract providing the service expired on Friday.
Sources: Al Jazeera