We cannot have a random law firm entrusted to take care of children," Lukens said. The Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees the government agency responsible for caring for unaccompanied migrant children, did not respond to requests for comment. Contract goes to firm with Trump administration tiesThe Trump administration announced late Tuesday that they were hiring the Houston-based Burke to provide legal services to unaccompanied children. Emails to providers, multiple lawyers at courts cause confusionOther recent occurrences have raised questions about the administration's intentions regarding the children's legal representation and caused confusion. The Associated Press obtained emails sent by the Office of Refugee Resettlement, the federal agency responsible for overseeing unaccompanied migrant children, to lawyers representing migrant children in federal custody.