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Justice Department Will Pause A Legal Advice Program For Detained Immigrants

Officials told a network of nonprofit immigrant-rights advocates that funding will end on April 30. The government said it will review the efficacy of the program but did not offer a timeline.

The Department of Justice will temporarily suspend funding for a legal-advice program for detained immigrants as well as a telephone help line at the end of the month, according to officials.

On Tuesday, the department the Vera Institute of Justice, an immigrants rights organization that runs the Legal

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