Legal Representation of Immigrant Children

A look at America’s immigration courts shows a system where many children lack legal representation, where frustrated judges find themselves explaining the law to 12-year-olds, often through a translator, and where the government itself has no real measure of the problem.   This is a growing problem given the growing numbers of unaccompanoied minors coming to the United States.  Click here for the N.Y. Times story on this issue.

KJ