ALONE IN AMERICA
In February 2025 President Trump cut o@ all funding for legal aid to approximately 26,000 unaccompanied immigrant children. To remain in the U.S., children – some as young as toddlers – must appear in court. Without legal representation, nine out of ten will be deported.
Children seek refuge in the United States for many reasons: to escape war, gangs, or violence, to flee abuse or to reunite with family. Others enter involuntarily as labor or sex tra@icking victims – an issue that Trump and members of his administration highlighted as a concern during the 2024 election.
“Everywhere immigrants have enriched and strengthened the fabric of American life.”