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Judge Claims Immigrant Toddlers Are Able To Represent Themselves ‘Fairly’ In Court
By Esther Yu-Hsi Lee
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Unaccompanied minors who have lawyers are much better equipped to navigate the legal court system and stay in the country. But only about one-third of children are able to secure an attorney in pending cases. Surveying a decade’s worth of court reports, a Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse report “found that whether or not an unaccompanied juvenile had an attorney was the single most important factor influencing the case’s outcome.”
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Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, Syracuse University
Copyright 2016
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