Swordsmyth
04-12-2018, 10:32 PM
The Trump administration is suspending a program that provides legal advice for undocumented immigrants, a Justice Department official confirmed Wednesday.
According to an official with DOJ's Executive Office for Immigration Review, the body that runs the immigration courts, the agency has "paused" the General Legal Orientation Program, which advises detained immigrants of their rights, and an immigration court help desk program that non-detained aliens can call into. The programs receive about $8 million annually, the official said.
The Legal Orientation program was created under President George W. Bush in 2003.
More at: https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/11/politics/immigrant-legal-aid/index.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%253A+rss%252Fcnn_allpolitics+(RS S%253A+CNN+-+Politics)
According to an official with DOJ's Executive Office for Immigration Review, the body that runs the immigration courts, the agency has "paused" the General Legal Orientation Program, which advises detained immigrants of their rights, and an immigration court help desk program that non-detained aliens can call into. The programs receive about $8 million annually, the official said.
The Legal Orientation program was created under President George W. Bush in 2003.
More at: https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/11/politics/immigrant-legal-aid/index.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%253A+rss%252Fcnn_allpolitics+(RS S%253A+CNN+-+Politics)