Inside the NYC Courtroom Where Detained Children Face Deportation Without Attorneys
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Inside the NYC Courtroom Where Detained Children Face Deportation Without Attorneys
Throughout the summer, inside a small, fluorescent-lit courtroom in Lower Manhattan, hundreds of migrant children, some as young as three, faced deportation hearings. Most appeared virtually. Some sat around desks in a classroom, while others bounced on bunk beds or rocked in chairs inside small offices or storage closets. Detained in nearby shelters for unaccompanied minors, the vast majority did not have lawyers as they appeared before the co…
A 12-year-old girl managed to get to the United States after she suffered labor trafficking and abuse since she was five; lawyers look for a migrant benefit for her. A deaf and autistic child was kidnapped on the way to the United States; almost a year later, her mother managed to rescue him and activists helped her get documents to stay in the country. In both cases, narrated by organizations, without the help of immigration lawyers, the minors…
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