Immigration,
Civil Litigation
Aug. 10, 2026
Judge orders Trump administration to release funds for immigrant children's lawyers
U.S. District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín found the administration violated a preliminary injunction by withholding funds for legal representation of unaccompanied immigrant children and ordered the money released immediately.
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to immediately release funds withheld for months from a program providing lawyers to unaccompanied immigrant children, finding the government violated both the language and purpose of a preliminary injunction issued last year.
On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín granted an emergency motion to enforce her April 2025 preliminary injunction and ordered the government to release the withheld funds by noon Friday and...
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