The decision to halt the program could prevent thousands of people detained in immigration detention centers from receiving legal advice.

The suspension of advocates' access to immigrant detention centers eliminates most chances for detainees without a lawyer to receive basic legal information.

Some immigration rights groups are planning to file a federal lawsuit against the Department of Justice, after the department issued a stop work order to multiple advocacy agencies. Immigration attorneys and advocates spend hours in deportation detention facilities talking with people who have been detained.

Two key Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday demanded more information after the Trump administration abruptly fired career prosecutors who investigated President Donald Trump, and reassigned others from their positions to a newly created "sanctuary city" working group.

House Democratic leaders are asking Justice Department officials to explain an “onslaught” of firings and reassignments of prosecutors during President Trump’s first week in office. The letter from Rep.

What did Justice Department say? "Today, Acting Attorney General James McHenry terminated the employment of a number of DOJ officials who played a significant role in prosecuting President Trump," said a statement from a Justice Department official.