rows with the defendants so they could be heard. and this is organized more like just taking a rough poll of a number of people rather than a guilty plea and sentencing hearing. what the effect is that because the government is ramping up prosecution of the misdemeanors as well as the felonies, it's the misdemeanors that caused the clogging of the court docket. it makes for dockets of 60 to 70 defendants in one day being sentenced and prosecuted en masse. and that is always a concern for the criminal justice system that the federal defender or defense attorneys with adequate time to provide effective assistance of counsel to their clients. >> danny, there were no parents that we saw in court, but what legal steps can parents take that they haven't been able to make any progress reuniting themselves with their children? >> as far as we know, there are

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