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Poverty and inequality in america and marina cairo, senior program associate for the center on imfwramigration and justice. let me start with you. talk to me. what proportion of people who are in that new york system are folks who would not otherwise have had a lawyer? >> yes, this program is a program that's helping that population. 60% of people in immigration detention, the deportation proceedings have to go through those proceedings without the help of an attorney. >> and this is sort of an obvious question but i want to be very clear about this, is immigration law relatively simple, somet...

Of the main arguments you and others have made for the program is that by providing people with legal defense it gets people out of detention. they can fight their cases from outside of detention. the government is not spending money on detention. you know, being detained is a barrier to stopping your deportation. so getting out of at tof detent helps stop the deportation. this representation doesn't fwarn tea that peopguarantee thl be allowed to stay here. >> just like having a public defender does not keep you out of jail but it does give you an access to constituents issue. marina, thank yo...