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Legal aid groups alarmed as Trump administration awards $150M migrant child contract to Texas firm with ties to administration

Headline from KGW Portland, from the development of Aug 5, 2026

Newest development Aug 6, 2026 · 2 reportsTexas law firm awarded $150M migrant contract

Legal aid groups are raising concerns after the Trump administration awarded a to a small Texas law firm with limited experience in immigration law.

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    Legal aid groups alarmed as Trump administration awards $150M migrant child contract to Texas firm with ties to administration

    Headline from KGW Portland ·

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    Texas law firm awarded $150M migrant contract

    Headline from Arkansas Democrat-Gazette ·

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37 articles, oldest first.

  1. KVIA El Paso

    Small Texas law firm set to receive $150M contract to represent unaccompanied migrant children (opens KVIA El Paso)

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    KVIA El Paso's feed description

    By Laura Romero The Trump administration is set to award a multimillion-dollar contract to a small Texas law firm to provide legal representation for thousands of unaccompanied migrant children in government custody during immigration proceedings.

  2. ABC News

    Texas law firm to receive $150M contract to represent unaccompanied migrant children (opens ABC News)

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    ABC News's feed description

    The Trump administration is set to award a $150 million contract to a Texas law firm without immigration expertise to represent migrant children in custody.

  3. Michigan Advance

    Small Texas law firm run by Trump ally wins contract for legal aid to immigrant kids (opens Michigan Advance)

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    Michigan Advance's feed description

    WASHINGTON — The Department of Health and Human Services plans to award a $150 million contract to a small Texas firm — with no specialty in immigration law and run by a former Trump official — to provide legal services to tens of thousands of unaccompanied immigrant children, according to a Wednesd…

  4. NPR

    Small Texas law firm set to receive $150M to represent unaccompanied migrant children (opens NPR)

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    The firm, Houston-based Burke Law Group has only two attorneys who specialize in immigration and asylum cases. Two of its founders have ties to the Trump administration.

  5. Daily Journal

    Legal aid groups alarmed as Trump administration awards $150M migrant child contract to Texas firm (opens Daily Journal)

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    Daily Journal's feed description

    CHICAGO (AP) — The Trump administration has awarded a $150 million contract to give legal representation to migrant children traveling alone to the U.S. to a small Texas law firm with ties to the administration but little experience in immigration law, prompting legal aid groups who’ve long represen…

  6. WDIO Duluth

    A $150M contract for migrant kids’ lawyers goes to a Trump-linked Texas firm, raising concerns (opens WDIO Duluth)

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    WDIO Duluth's feed description

    Legal aid groups are raising concerns after the Trump administration awarded a $150 million contract to a small Texas law firm with limited experience in immigration law. The Houston-based Burke Law Group received the contract as the administration ramps up deportation efforts.

  7. KGW Portland

    Legal aid groups alarmed as Trump administration awards $150M migrant child contract to Texas firm with ties to administration (opens KGW Portland)

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    KGW Portland's feed description

    Legal aid groups are raising concerns after the Trump administration awarded a to a small Texas law firm with limited experience in immigration law.

  8. Arizona Mirror

    ‘Children are going to die’: advocates decry migrant-child legal contract (opens Arizona Mirror)

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    Arizona Mirror's feed description

    The federal government’s decision to award a small Texas law firm run by a Trump ally a $150 million contract to represent over a thousand migrant children is nothing more than an attempt to undermine the rights and fasttrack the removal of minors who entered the country alone, including hundreds in…

  9. The New Republic

    Trump-Linked Firm Picked to Represent Unaccompanied Immigrant Kids (opens The New Republic)

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    Donald Trump’s administration is awarding a $150 million contract to give legal representation to immigrant children to a small Texas law firm with ties to the president—where only two of the attorneys actually practice immigration law.

  10. Fox26 Houston

    Houston law firm led by former Trump appointee gets $150M contract to represent migrant children (opens Fox26 Houston)

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    Fox26 Houston's feed description

    A Houston-based law firm with previous ties to the Trump administration has been awarded a contract to provide legal services to unaccompanied children, according to a filing in the federal register. Burke Law Group will be awarded $150 million for the one-year contract that begins Aug. 15.

  11. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Texas law firm awarded $150M migrant contract (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's feed description

    CHICAGO -- The Trump administration has awarded a $150 million contract for the legal representation of migrant children traveling alone to the U.S. to a small Texas law firm with ties to the administration but little experience in immigration law, prompting legal aid groups who've long represented …

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