Alabama immigrants usually face deportation without a lawyer: 'Huge problem'

In Kansas City, most immigrants facing deportation receive no legal counsel

Protesters outside of Kansas City's immigration court. (Mary Sanchez/The Beacon)Kansas City’s immigration court is on the fifth floor of a nondescript downtown office building. The area is better known for the bustling shops of Crown Center to the south, or nearby Washington Square Park, a potential site for a new Royals stadium. Yet thousands of life-changing decisions for immigrant families are routinely handed down in the courtroom on Grand B…

Attorneys discuss shifting legal landscape for Alabama's immigrants

With the Trump administration aiming to widely restructure and expedite the deportation process of undocumented immigrants, immigration detentions have been spotted across Alabama. During the first week of June, the Mobile County Sheriff alongside Homeland Security and the FBI, detained 28 undocumented immigrants during a traffic stop in Mobile  County. Shortly after, at least five undocumented construction workers were detained at a worksite in…

Problem Solvers Caucus pushes for immigration reform

Alabama immigrants usually face deportation without a lawyer: 'Huge problem'

Immigrants in Alabama facing possible deportation are less likely than many other states to have a lawyer, data shows.