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Immigration,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

Jun. 2, 2025

Trump administration seeks reversal of injunction preserving legal services for unaccompanied immigrant children

The dispute before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals centers on whether federal law mandates such support, with nearly $150 million in funding and the rights of minors to counsel at stake.

Trump administration attorneys are asking the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reverse a decision by a San Francisco district judge that blocked it from terminating funding for legal services by nonprofit organizations to unaccompanied minor children in the immigration system and to stay the ruling in the meantime.

U.S. District Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin, an appointee of President Joe Biden, granted a preliminary injunction April 29 enjoining federal government agencies &q...

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