DOJ orders federally funded legal service providers to stop providing support at

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BumRushDaShow (145,780 posts)
Thu Jan 23, 2025, 07:45 PM
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DOJ orders federally funded legal service providers to stop providing support at immigration courts
Source: ABC News

January 23, 2025, 12:28 PM


The Department of Justice, under new leadership following the inauguration of Donald Trump, has told legal service providers who receive federal funding to stop providing legal orientation and other work intended to support immigrants at immigration courts. In a memo obtained by ABC News, the DOJ ordered all such legal providers on Wednesday to "stop work immediately" in those areas.

"This email is to send you notification to stop work immediately pursuant to the Executive Order on 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.

Legal service providers are usually present at immigration courts across the country to help individuals navigate immigration court proceedings and handle legal paperwork.

"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.

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/US/doj-orders-federally-funded-legal-service-providers-stop/story?id=118027656

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143379756


Why should taxpayer funds be used on people who ILLEGALLY entered the country?

Taxpayer funds should be used to prosecute and deport them, not help them skirt federal law.

[DefiantSix]

...Why should taxpayer funds be used on people who ILLEGALLY entered the country?

Taxpayer funds should be used to prosecute and deport them, not help them skirt federal law.

I suspect that the fact that the Supreme Court ruled the Li'l Bitch/SpongeBrainShitPants' DACA program UNCONSTITUTIONAL and ordered it discontinued had a lot to do with the DoJ order the DUmp'Rat has s/h/its panties in a wad over. I understand why the DUmp'Rat might have missed it: it came out right about the time Donaldus Magnus, of his reign the 47th  was being coronated sworn in as PRESIDENT. Such simple minds are easily distracted by shiny things like that.

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NotHardly (1,489 posts)
1. Cruelty is the point
Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)
Thu Jan 23, 2025, 07:55 PM

"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," ...As intended.][/quote]

They still have access to all the legal help they need, but THEY have to pay for it not us.

[SVPete]

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Why should taxpayer funds be used on people who ILLEGALLY entered the country?

Taxpayer funds should be used to prosecute and deport them, not help them skirt federal law.

QFT! Federal aid to should be limited to air fare or shipping charges to return them to their own country. Plus a 10-year ban against returning.