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Small Texas law firm set to receive $150M to represent unaccompanied migrant children
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Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
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The U.S. government is awarding a $150 million contract to a small Texas law firm to represent unaccompanied migrant children, replacing a network of experienced legal nonprofits. Critics argue the firm lacks the necessary immigration law expertise to handle these sensitive cases.
Migrant children line up to enter a tent at the Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children in Homestead, Fla. in February 2019.
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