Immigration
Oct. 14, 2025
9th Circuit keeps legal aid funding for unaccompanied migrant children
A divided 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals refused to revisit a lower court order keeping federal funding flowing to lawyers who represent unaccompanied migrant children. The decision preserves a program the Trump administration tried to cut off, with sharp disagreement among the judges over whether the case involves protecting vulnerable minors or judicial overreach into executive spending.
Unaccompanied migrant children should still get government-funded lawyers for immigration proceedings, thanks to a federal court order.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals voted Friday against reviewing en banc a Northern District judge's stay of a Trump administration funding cutoff that blocked tax dollars from going to pay the children's lawyers.
Nine circuit judges, all Republican appointees on the court's bench of 29 active judgeships, dissented from th...
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