Legal assistance for immigrants facing court proceedings is dwindling, including for children, in the Los Angeles court systems after the Trump administration ended a federal $28 million contract with nonprofit agencies that provided assistance in California and other states, according to a new report.

“There is no help anywhere,” Moises Morales, a 28-year-old Salvadoran appearing Tuesday in the West Los Angeles Immigration Court, told The Los Angeles Times on Tuesday.

The administration’s moves, which also added $150 billion for immigration and border enforcement, mean that the programs that supplied help desks for immigrants or legal orientation programs for people in custody were either canceled or are now operated by the government, while arrest numbers are climbing.

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