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In this report, Dr. Montgmomery presents his analysis of the estimated costs and offsetting savings of a proposal to create a program, entirely funded and overseen by the Federal government, to
provide counsel to every respondent in immigration
removal proceedings under 8 U.S.C. § 1229a
who qualifies as indigent (hereinafter, the “Propos
al”). He states upfront that information and data on legal representation in immigration proceedings is incomplete, and a substantial range of uncertainty consequently is attached to estimates in this report. However, using a range of
of vailable numbers and background information, he prepares what he believes to be unbiased
estimates based on the best information available to him from a variety of sources......[Citing TRAC research].
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