{"id":320940,"date":"2026-08-14T02:08:34","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T02:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/320940\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T02:08:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T02:08:34","slug":"hochul-shells-out-over-7m-to-cover-legal-bills-for-1400-migrant-children-in-ny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/320940\/","title":{"rendered":"Hochul shells out over $7M to cover legal bills for 1,400 migrant children in NY"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gov. Kathy Hochul<\/a> announced the Empire State will be shelling out over $7 million to cover the legal bills for more than 1,000 unaccompanied migrant children across New York.<\/p>\n

The $7.25 million in funding will cover an estimated 1,400 migrant kids facing removal proceedings, including about 250 in detention, the governor said at a press conference in Manhattan alongside Mayor Zohran Mamdani and state Attorney General Letitia James.<\/p>\n

The announcement came after the Trump administration let its contract with a network of about 100 providers working with migrant kids nationwide lapse in July.<\/p>\n

New York will spend $7.25 million to provide legal representation for 1,400 unaccompanied migrant children facing deportation, Gov. Hochul says. Luiz C. Ribeiro for NY Post<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s cruel. It\u2019s illegal. And for nearly two decades our federal government required by law that these children be protected when they cross the border,\u201d Hochul railed.<\/p>\n

The Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008, passed during President George W. Bush\u2019s tenure, required the US government to provide legal representation for kids in deportation proceedings.<\/p>\n

The expenses will cover those migrant children facing deportation. Getty Images<\/p>\n

Children caught crossing into the US alone are generally entrusted to the federal government and placed in the care of an adult sponsor, typically a parent, relative or family friend by the Office of Refugee Resettlement.<\/p>\n

Trump in May tightened regulations to block illegal immigrants from serving as sponsors, after the ORR reportedly lost track of 320,000 children under President Joe Biden\u2019s administration.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cNew York refuses to stand idly by while the federal government abandons immigrant children and leaves them vulnerable to exploitation and deportation,\u201d Mamdani said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Hochul\u2019s announcement came after the Trump administration let its contract with a network of about 100 providers working with migrant kids nationwide lapse last month. Luiz C. Ribeiro for NY Post<\/p>\n

Hochul has ramped up her campaign against US Immigration and Customs Enforcement heading into her November re-election campaign against Republican candidate Bruce Blakeman.<\/p>\n

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The incumbent Democratic governor has gone so far as threatening counties to comply with Democrat-backed sanctuary laws<\/a> and accusing federal immigration authorities of overreach.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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