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Joe Biden to Expand Taxpayer-Funded Attorneys for Migrant Children in U.S.
President Joe Biden is expanding the ability for Unaccompanied Alien Children (UACs) in the United States to secure legal representation.
In a presidential memorandum this week, Biden announced he would be directing the Department of Justice (DOJ) to, within 120 days, submit a plan to expand the agencys offering legal representation to UACs who arrived in the U.S. through the southern border.
Likewise, Biden is re-establishing the White House Legal Aid Interagency Roundtable that will prioritize civil legal aid and expand access to federal programs, a White House release on the memorandum states.