Immigration,
Government,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Oct. 7, 2016
Unrepresented immigrant youth, Esq.
A recent 9th Circuit decision makes it very unlikely that a child will ever even have the chance to argue for a right to counsel in immigration proceedings.
For lawyers who represent children in deportation proceedings, the courtroom images can start to lose their sting over time: preschoolers whose feet don't touch the ground sitting alone before a judge; asylum-seeking teenagers who've fled dangerous situations in Central America, again, appearing without counsel before a judge; swaths of anxious family members packing into hallways and courtrooms hoping for good outcomes but often not knowing how to make those a reality.
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