August 19, 2026 · Immigration, Detention & Civil Rights

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Trump Officials Scrap a Plan to Hand Migrant Children's Immigration Cases to Retiring Pentagon Lawyers

Defense and Health and Human Services officials told The New York Times this week that the administration was recruiting Pentagon lawyers who had recently retired or planned to retire soon to serve as attorneys for...

August 12, 2026 · Immigration, Detention & Civil Rights

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Trump-Linked Law Firm Declines $150 Million Contract to Represent Migrant Children

HHS proposed a $150 million contract to Burke Law Group, a Houston firm with two immigration specialists among 24 attorneys, to represent roughly 1,800 unaccompanied migrant children in federal shelters. The firm's...

August 31, 2025 · Immigration, Detention & Civil Rights

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Judge Blocks the Removal of Hundreds of Guatemalan Children, Some Already Aboard Planes

On August 31, 2025, U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan issued a 14-day temporary restraining order blocking the government from removing roughly 600 unaccompanied Guatemalan children from federal custody. The...