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February 12, 2016

Undocumented Detainees Accuse U.S. Of Denying Access To Lawyers
By Adolfo Flores


While detained immigrants don’t have the right to counsel, they do have the right to access a lawyer. Many can’t afford attorneys and there aren’t enough pro bono lawyers available to help them. As it is, the nation’s immigration courts are struggling to wade through their case loads. On Friday, an analysis of federal data by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse at Syracuse University found that the average wait time in immigration court rose to 667, a new high.


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