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poutypetulant:

phuk-ewe:

These are children

Children are being made to represent themselves in immigration court

Happy birthday, America

Reminder that from 2012-2014 only 1/3 of unaccompanied children were represented in immigration court by an attorney. Using a decade of court records, a previous report found that representation was the single most influencing factor in these cases. Children with an attorney were allowed to stay in the country 73% of the time while children without representation were removed from the country 85% of the time. Prior to 2012, 60-70% of these children had an attorney but during the Obama administration the percentage of children with representation plummeted.