The move is the latest in a string of actions stripping key resources from immigrants in the United States, including children who now face deportation. Immigrant Defenders Law Center, a group that for decades has been the largest provider of legal services for unaccompanied children who cross the U.

The Trump administration ordered legal service providers working with unaccompanied migrant children to stop their work, according to a memo obtained by CNN.

The primary contractor providing the legal services said it helps 26,000 unaccompanied minors who are seeking permission to remain in the country legally.