SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) -- San Diego County Board of Supervisors Chair Terra Lawson-Remer is proposing an expansion of legal protections for unaccompanied minors after the Trump administration cut funding for the unaccompanied children program earlier this year.

“I think we can all imagine how incredibly confusing and difficult it would be for a 4-year-old, a 6-year-old, an 8-year-old to go to court and try to explain to the judge their immigration status,” said Lawson-Remer.

A court-ordered stopgap set to expire on Sept. 30 is temporarily keeping the program in place.

“After Sept. 30, unless we act here in San Diego, even toddlers will be forced to place a judge and a federal prosecutor completely alone,” said Lawson-Remer.

In San Diego, approximately 300 kids could be impacted. In ord

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