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Immigration

Aug. 5, 2014

Let's live up to America's promise

Thousands of children fleeing Central America are caught in a legal no-man's land, trapped between the deadly violence in their home countries and the ping-pong politics of U.S. immigration.

Western Division / First Street Federal Courthouse

Hernan D. Vera

District Judge,

Judith London

Public Counsel

Email: jlondon@publiccounsel.org

Thousands of children fleeing Central America are caught in a legal no-man's land. They are trapped between the deadly violence in their home countries and the ping-pong politics of immigration in the United States. The result is that children who deserve a fair hearing and a chance to find refuge may get neither.

We can do better as a nation and as a legal system to answer children's pleas for help. That starts with understanding the real reasons driving children to flee their h...

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