Justice Department decides not to halt legal assistance program for detained immigrants
Citing a congressional request, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Wednesday said the department won't end a program that helps federally detained immigrants obtain legal advice and other resources.
by Julián Aguilar April 25, 2018 6 PM
A popular legal assistance program for federally detained immigrants won’t be shuttered after all.
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced earlier this month that the Justice Department would end the Legal Orientation Program on April 30 while it evaluated the program's cost-effectiveness. On Wednesday, he told a congressional panel that the department would leave the program — which helps immigrants in at least a dozen Texas detention centers — intact at the request of Congress while making clear the department still planned to conduct an audit.
https://www.texastribune.org/2018/04/25/doj-reverses-course-halting-legal-program-detained-immigrants/
