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Government funds lawyers for immigrant kids
2014-09-30 23:24:18| Footwear - Topix.net
The Obama administration is spending $4 million on lawyers for unaccompanied immigrant children in deportation proceedings, a move an influential Republican lawmaker says is illegal and will fuel an increase in illegal immigration. Kenneth Wolfe, a spokesman for the Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families, said Tuesday it is the first time the office that oversees programs for unaccompanied immigrant children will provide money for direct legal representation.
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