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JOLIE AID FOR CHILD ‘ILLEGALS’

Actress Angelina Jolie and a team of 25 powerful law firms are joining forces against the government’s attempt to deport thousands of unaccompanied and illegal immigrant children – including hundreds from New York City.

Backed by Microsoft Corp., Kids in Need of Defense will provide free legal representation to children separated from their parents. The group will open offices in New York and other several other cities.

News Corp., which owns The Post, is one of the group’s backers.

“These children often have nothing – no money, no support and no family,” Jolie said in a statement. “Many end up becoming lost, traumatized, and ultimately forgotten.”

About 8,000 unaccompanied children are detained annually by the Department of Homeland Security and processed through immigration courts.