New York just stepped in to make sure 1,400 immigrant children won’t face deportation hearings alone

New York just stepped in to make sure 1,400 immigrant children won’t face deportation hearings alone. 🇺🇸 CBS News reports that Governor Kathy Hochul announced more than $7 million in state funding for legal services for unaccompanied immigrant children in New York. The money is going directly to legal service providers led by the Hispanic Federation and will cover roughly 1,400 children across the state, about 250 of whom are currently detained. This funding became urgent after the Trump administration let a federal contract expire in July. That contract supported a network of legal groups providing representation to immigrant children across the country. ⚖️ NYC Mayor Mamdani put it plainly: letting that contract die is nothing less than a deportation order for children as young as five years old. Think about what that means in practice: a five-year-old sitting in an immigration courtroom with no lawyer, expected to argue their own case before a judge. That’s what the Trump administration chose to allow when it decided not to renew that contract. New York refused to accept that outcome. Attorney General Letitia James said it directly: “No child should be alone in a courtroom.” And now, at least in New York, 1,400 children will have someone in their corner. ❤️ This is what it looks like when a state decides that children’s well-being matters more than a political point. Other states should be watching. I’m Brian Manning. If you need help with an asylum case, send me the word “CONSULT” in a direct message. 👇