If the federal government is handed confidential data about children’s legal defense, their cases could be undermined.

The Trump administration is withholding pay from legal aid groups while demanding they share confidential case data about unaccompanied migrant children fighting to remain in the country, according to records reviewed by The Lever. For months, the records show, the primary legal services provider for unaccompanied migrant youth has been locked in a standoff with the federal government over…

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