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(WASHINGTON) — The Department of Justice, under new leadership following the inauguration of\u00a0Donald Trump<\/a>, has told legal service providers who receive federal funding to stop providing legal orientation and other work intended to support immigrants at immigration courts.<\/p>\n

In a memo obtained by ABC News, the DOJ ordered all such legal providers on Wednesday to “stop work immediately” in those areas.<\/p>\n

“This email is to send you notification to stop work immediately pursuant to the\u00a0Executive Order<\/a>\u00a0on the following task orders,” the memo said. The programs listed in the memo include the Legal Orientation Program; the Immigration Court Helpdesk; the Family Group Legal Orientation Program; and the Counsel for Children Initiative.<\/p>\n

Legal service providers are usually present at immigration courts across the country to help individuals navigate immigration court proceedings and handle legal paperwork.<\/p>\n

“The suspension of these longstanding programs could leave hundreds of thousands of vulnerable immigrants — including children and families — without access to basic legal information and representation,” a spokesperson for Acacia Center for Justice told ABC News in a statement.<\/p>\n

The directive from the DOJ comes a day after\u00a0ABC News reported<\/a>\u00a0that four top officials within the Justice Department’s Executive Office for Immigration Review — the DOJ’s office that oversees immigration courts — were removed from their positions.<\/p>\n

Experts and advocates told ABC News that, without a lawyer, migrants are left to navigate the different avenues of relief alone, filling out documents in a foreign language and arguing their case before a judge.<\/p>\n

As ABC News\u00a0previously reported<\/a>, DOJ data from 2023 showed that only 56% of unaccompanied minors in immigration courts were represented by counsel, forcing thousands of unaccompanied young migrants to represent themselves before federal immigration judges.<\/p>\n

One of the programs listed in the DOJ memo –The Counsel for Children Initiative — provides legal representation to children in immigration court proceedings.<\/p>\n

The total immigration court backlog of children and adults has surged to a record high of 3.5 million cases.<\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2025, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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