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Immigration

Oct. 23, 2026

9th Circuit weighs Trump administration's cutoff of legal aid for immigrant children

A divided panel questioned whether a lawsuit challenging the termination of federally funded legal representation for unaccompanied immigrant children belongs in federal district court or must be pursued as a contract dispute.

A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel sharply questioned attorneys Thursday over whether the Trump administration's decision to terminate funding for legal representation of unaccompanied immigrant children violated federal law or amounted to a contract dispute beyond the jurisdiction of a district court.

Judges Consuelo M. Callahan, Lucy H. Koh and Kenneth K. Lee heard the government's appeal of a preliminary injunction issued by U.S. District Judge Araceli Martinez-Ol...

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