WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Sen. Alex Padilla issued the following press release:
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), and 14 of their Democratic colleagues demanded answersfrom the Trump Administration on its intent to award a no-bid contract to a Trump-aligned law firm with no apparent immigration law experience, allowing them to represent unaccompanied children who are in the care and custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR).
"Given the political connections between the firm's senior leadership and the Trump Administration, we have concerns about why you sidestepped the competitive bidding process to select this firm to provide legal services for children who are in ORR care and custod...