A 1-year-old unaccompanied migrant child appeared in an Arizona immigration court and was ordered to file a 12-page asylum application before the next hearing or face deportation. Court filings allege that an attorney from USCRI, a new government contractor, was present but never spoke up on the child's behalf, calling it part of a broader "façade of compliance." This follows the July 31 end of a federal contract with the Acacia Center for Justice, which had funded legal representation for over 24,000 unaccompanied migrant children; payments to those nonprofits reportedly stopped in November after they declined to share confidential client information with the government. Some legal aid groups, including the Amica Center for Immigrant Rights, say they are continuing to represent children without pay despite a court order requiring continued legal services.