Estrella del Paso will get about $765,000 from the administration for legal services that ran out last Friday. Unfortunately, this decision does not restore the critical legal services to children that lapsed on July 31. We await the government’s update as to the steps being taken to ensure unaccompanied children receive the services they are legally entitled to receive." The funding crisis follows a standoff that began in November 2025, when the Trump Administration started withholding payments from legal service providers. The Defending Our Neighbors Fund, which hosted the briefing this week, has issued emergency grants to several frontline legal service providers.