Small Texas law firm set to receive $150M contract to represent unaccompanied migrant children
The proposed one-year agreement would expand legal representation for thousands of children in federal custody, with limited referral support after discharge.
- The Trump administration plans to award a $150 million, one-year contract starting August 15 to Burke Law Group, a Texas-based law firm, to provide legal services to unaccompanied migrant children.
- Burke Law Group does not list immigration law as a practice area; its attorneys specialize in administrative law, white-collar defense, commercial litigation, and securities litigation.
- This contract follows the expiration of a previous contract with nearly 100 legal groups amid allegations of withheld payments and demands for confidential client data.
- Advocacy groups report that unaccompanied children and sponsors have been targeted by the administration's immigration crackdown, including visits by DHS agents to legal service nonprofits.
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Migrants wait through the night on May 10, 2023, in a dust storm, on land between the Rio Grande and the U.S.-Mexico border wall, hoping they will be processed by immigration authorities before the expiration of Title 42, a public health order used to expel migrants. (Photo by Corrie Boudreaux/Source NM) WASHINGTON — The Department of Health and Human Services plans to award a $150 million contract to a small Texas firm — with no specialty in im…
MAGA Law Firm Gets $150M To Represent Migrant Kids
The Texas Tribune reports: The Trump administration is planning to hire a Houston-based law firm with ties to the administration to provide legal services to unaccompanied immigrant children, according to a notice scheduled to be posted on the Federal Register this week. The agreement will award a contract of $150 million to Burke Law Group, with a proposed time period covering one year starting Aug. 15. One of the founders, Marcella Burkey, was…
Houston law firm without immigration expertise set to receive $150M contract to represent unaccompanied migrant children
A Houston law firm without immigration expertise is set to receive a multimillion-dollar contract to represent unaccompanied migrant children.
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