ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) - More than 150 students at the Job Corps campus in St. Paul must leave by Friday after the Trump administration cut the program from next year’s budget, which starts on July 1.

Jobs Corps students ordered to leave St. Paul campus

What we know:

The Trump administration on Thursday announced a "pause" in federal funding to Job Corps, a free vocational training program for low-income teenagers and young adults. The administration said the program, which started in 1964, is not financially sustainable, pointing out its annual cost of more than $1.5 billion. The administration ordered 162 students to move out of their dorms by Friday, leaving many of them facing homelessness – again.

By the numbers:

The administration defended its decision to "pause" operatio

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