Acacia Center for Justice
Acacia Center for Justice is a nonprofit that works for access to justice for immigrants at risk of detention or deportation. A federal contract with the Office of Refugee Resettlement funded legal groups that represent unaccompanied children. Shaina Aber is its executive director.
Key facts
- Mission
- We seek to deliver and advocate for meaningful and effective access to justice and freedom for immigrants at risk of detention or deportation.source
- Executive director
- Shaina Aber, inaugural executive directorsource
- Prior role of executive director
- deputy director of the Center on Immigration and Justicesource
- Federal contract with the Office of Refugee Resettlement
- $200 million federal contract, expired July 31source
WYDE coverage of Acacia Center for Justice
WYDE Newsroom has published 2 articles about Acacia Center for Justice, from Aug 2, 2026 to Aug 8, 2026. Acacia Center for Justice is the subject of 2 stories. The most recent is A Federal Judge Orders HHS to Pay $65 Million for Unaccompanied Children's Legal Aid by Midday Friday.
A Federal Judge Orders HHS to Pay $65 Million for Unaccompanied Children's Legal Aid by Midday Friday
Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin gave the government hours to release funds withheld since December, while a $150 million replacement contract heads to a Texas firm with almost no immigration lawyers
Aug 8, 2026 · 3 min read · Subject of the story
LegalA $200 Million Legal Aid Contract Expires, Leaving 26,000 Unaccompanied Children Without Lawyers
The Office of Refugee Resettlement let its contract with the Acacia Center for Justice lapse on July 31 after a dispute over confidential client data, and children could face immigration judges alone starting Monday.
Aug 2, 2026 · 3 min read · Subject of the story
Reported alongside Acacia Center for Justice
- Office of Refugee Resettlement · in 2 stories with Acacia Center for Justice
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · in 1 story with Acacia Center for Justice
Sources
Track the institutions that move money.
Data-driven coverage, every week.