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 Putting TRAC to Work |
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In Whose Best Interests? Comparing Children’s Treatment in Immigration Court and in Child Protection Hearings in Minnesota: Similar Issues Without the Relevant Tools or Best Interests Standard
By Susan Schmidt, Luther College
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Parties in immigration court removal cases include the noncitizen, and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). A government attorney represents DHS, while immigrants in such proceedings (juvenile or adult) have “the privilege of being represented (at no expense to the Government)” (8 USC§1362). In other words, they are on their own to obtain legal help. Nationally, legal representation for all ages in pending immigration court cases has decreased, from 65 percent of cases represented in FY2019, down to a mere 30 percent of pending cases represented as of December 2023 (Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse [TRAC] 2024a)......[Citing TRAC data and researh].
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