to use my voice & vote in Washington to restore & enhance funding for counsel for unrepresented children
Use his voice and vote in Washington to restore and enhance funding for counsel for unrepresented children in immigration proceedings.
Occurrences
Evidence
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Official House roll call shows the motion to concur in the Senate amendment to H.R. 2882 passed, and Rep. Jake Auchincloss voted Yea.
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AP reported a disrupted federal contracting situation for legal representation of unaccompanied migrant children, including Burke Law Group declining a $150 million contract and uncertainty after Acacia’s contract expired.
Assessments
Auchincloss used his federal vote in Washington to support the FY2024 appropriations package that included funding streams connected to unaccompanied children programs. That is material action toward the promise, but the evidence does not show that he restored or enhanced dedicated counsel funding, nor that he sponsored or drove a durable funding expansion. Later reporting showing disrupted federal legal-representation contracting for migrant children weighs against full delivery.