Small Texas law firm set to receive $150M contract to represent unaccompanied migrant children
The no-bid award would replace a network of nearly 100 nonprofits after the government stopped reimbursing providers for more than $65 million in work.
- The U.S. government plans to award a $150 million contract to the Houston-based Burke Law Group to represent unaccompanied migrant children in immigration proceedings starting August 15.
- Burke Law Group has limited experience in immigration law, with only two of its 24 attorneys specializing in immigration and asylum cases.
- The previous contract with nearly 100 nonprofit legal organizations expired at the end of July amid disputes over confidential client data and unpaid legal fees totaling $65 million, with nonprofits continuing to provide free services temporarily.
- Advocates express concern the new contract covers only about 1,800 children in shelters, leaving nearly 22,000 undocumented children without legal representation.
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Trump hands ally $150M in 'corrupt' courtroom contract ensnarling kids: critics
A small Houston-based law firm with ties to the Trump administration is reportedly set to receive a $150 million no-bid federal contract to provide legal representation for unaccompanied migrant children — a move that has one Democratic lawmaker crying "corruption."The Office of Refugee Resettlement intends to award the profitable contract to Burke Law Group, a firm co-founded by former Trump appointee Marcella Burke and with only two immigratio…
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