19/02/2025, Wednesday
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Shaina Aber, executive director of Acacia Center for Justice, condemns decision, warning of its harmful consequences for vulnerable children
The Trump administration has ordered legal service providers assisting unaccompanied migrant children to cease operations, a move that has drawn sharp criticism from advocacy groups.
A memo obtained by CNN revealed that the Interior Department issued the directive Tuesday to the Acacia Center for Justice, a nonprofit that provides legal assistance to nearly 26,000 migrant children in and released from the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) custody.
Shaina Aber, executive director of the Acacia Center for Justice, condemned the decision, warning of its harmful consequences for vulnerable children.
“The administration's decision to suspend this program undermines due process, disproportionately impacts vulnerable children, and puts children who have already experienced severe trauma at risk for further harm or exploitation,” Aber said in a statement.
Roxana Avila-Cimpeanu, deputy director of the Florence Project, which provides free legal services, social services, and advocacy to immigrants facing detention and potential deportation., echoed similar concerns, emphasizing the challenges unaccompanied children will face in immigration court without legal representation.
“Without the services the Florence Project provides through the Unaccompanied Children Program, children, no matter their age, will be forced to represent themselves in immigration court alone. This is an unprecedented attack on immigrant children,” she said.
US President Donald Trump was elected for a return term to the White House last November on an aggressive anti-immigrant platform.
Costa Rica set to receive 200 migrants deported from US
'These are people originating from countries in Central Asia and India,' says Costa Rican presidency
Diyar Guldogan |18.02.2025 -
WASHINGTON
Costa Rica agreed to collaborate with the US in the repatriation of 200 illegal immigrants to their country.
"These are people originating from countries in Central Asia and India," the Costa Rican presidency said on X.
The first group will arrive in Costa Rica on a commercial flight on Feb. 19, it added.
Recently, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited Costa Rica to meet with President Rodrigo Chaves Robles to discuss a wide range of issues, including drug trafficking and immigration.
"On the issue of migration, which is a catastrophe of mass migration, Costa Rica is not a source of migration, but it is a route that’s used for migration," Rubio said, adding the two countries agreed to fight drug trafficking.
'These are people originating from countries in Central Asia and India,' says Costa Rican presidency
Diyar Guldogan |18.02.2025 -
WASHINGTON
Costa Rica agreed to collaborate with the US in the repatriation of 200 illegal immigrants to their country.
"These are people originating from countries in Central Asia and India," the Costa Rican presidency said on X.
The first group will arrive in Costa Rica on a commercial flight on Feb. 19, it added.
Recently, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited Costa Rica to meet with President Rodrigo Chaves Robles to discuss a wide range of issues, including drug trafficking and immigration.
"On the issue of migration, which is a catastrophe of mass migration, Costa Rica is not a source of migration, but it is a route that’s used for migration," Rubio said, adding the two countries agreed to fight drug trafficking.
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