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For all other immigrants facing deportation, they can get legal representation if they can pay for it, if a pro bono organization has capacity to help them, or if a state or local entity funds counsel (as several now do), but otherwise they are on their own.
And most of them are. According to data from the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, in August 2024, 85% of all immigrants ordered removed did not have a lawyer. That number includes long-time lawful residents convicted of minor crimes, people fleeing persecution from countries with raging civil wars, and many people jailed in the immigration detention system—who have to fight their cases pro se from behind bars.
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