NYT
Trump Officials Scrap Effort to Recruit Pentagon Lawyers to Represent Migrant Children
Thursday, August 20, 2026
The Trump administration ended an effort to have Pentagon lawyers represent unaccompanied migrant children in immigration proceedings, according to reporting on the decision. The plan had not been publicly announced before its cancellation. The reversal occurred as the administration faced questions about its procedures for handling legal representation of unaccompanied minors in the immigration system.
