A Lexington nonprofit offering free or reduced-price legal services to immigrants and others for nearly half a century is shutting down at the end of the month. Jackson Cooper is the senior general counsel and director of legal programs for the Kentucky Equal Justice Center. He said after the Trump Administration began freezing and cutting grants, other funding sources began to dry up, too.
“This administration has not been quiet about their desire to go after anyone who helps the people they are targeting. And, you know, people can’t help but take that threat seriously.”
Cooper said much of their work involves representing immigrants trying to stay in the country within the system, though they don’t represent them at removal hearings…