A federal judge in California ordered the Trump administration on Tuesday to restore funding for nonprofit organizations providing legal services to illegal immigrant children who entered the United States without a parent or guardian.
U.S. District Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin issued a temporary restraining order to prevent the administration from terminating the funding, which will remain in effect until April 16.
According to the court ruling, on March 21, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) terminated a contract with the Acacia Center for Justice, through which the plaintiffs—11 nonprofit legal service providers—received funding to offer legal representation to unaccompanied minors….