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San Diego County's Immigrant Rights Legal Defense Program is part of a growing movement to provide people in immigration court with free legal representation.
Nearly 1.6 million people are awaiting asylum hearings across the country. The availability of legal representation is a major factor in outcomes for asylum seekers — and whether their cases reach the courts at all.
Nearly 1.6 million people are awaiting asylum hearings across the country. The availability of legal representation is a major factor in outcomes for asylum seekers — and whether their cases reach the courts at all.
WFAE Mynor is a father and grandfather living in North Carolina who nearly seven years ago had to wait for months as his four children traveled from Guatemala to Charlotte. Pictured here are Michelle, Jhanko, Leslie (top from left to right), Leslie's daughter Genesis, Mynor, Shirley, and Sandy (bottom from left to right.) Earlier this year, thousands of unaccompanied minors arrived at the U.S.-Mexico border, sparking debates once again about the U.S. immigration system. Children have been arriving alone in greater numbers for nearly seven years. Around that time, one father living in North C...
TRAC Criminal charges were the basis of only six of the roughly 1,500 deportation cases filed through April 2021, according to a report from the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse at Syracuse University Criminal charges were the basis of only six of the roughly 1,500 deportation cases filed in Charlotte through April, according to a report from the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse at Syracuse University. The bulk of the nearly 1,550 deportations are based on people illegally entering the country. That’s not surprising, says Sharon Dove, who heads the Immigrant Justice Pro...