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WE HAVE LOST OUR FUCKING MINDS. Come ON PEOPLE! HOW? WHY? How is this even done? Your client crawls up in the middle of the table while you are trying to decide his deportation proceedings? Is the judge going to hold the toddler in contempt of court?
I reiterate, WE HAVE LOST OUR FUCKING MINDS!
Defendants in diapers? Immigrant toddlers ordered to appear in court alone
Christina Jewett and Shefali Luthra, Kaiser Health NewsPublished 3:34 p.m. ET June 27, 2018 | Updated 3:47 p.m. ET June 27, 2018
A judge in California on Tuesday ordered U.S. border authorities to reunite separated families within 30 days, setting a hard deadline in a process that has so far yielded uncertainty about when children might again see their parents. Time
As the White House faces court orders to reunite families separated at the border, immigrant children as young as 3 are being ordered into court for their own deportation proceedings, according to attorneys in Texas, California and Washington, D.C.
Requiring unaccompanied minors to go through deportation alone is not a new practice. But in the wake of the Trump administration’s controversial family separation policy, more young children – including toddlers – are being affected than in the past.
The 2,000-plus children will likely need to deal with court proceedings even as they grapple with the ongoing trauma of being taken from their parents.
“We were representing a 3-year-old in court recently who had been separated from the parents. And the child – in the middle of the hearing – started climbing up on the table,” said Lindsay Toczylowski, executive director of Immigrant Defenders Law Center in Los Angeles. “It really highlighted the absurdity of what we’re doing with these kids.”
More: Judge orders families separated at border be reunited within 30 days
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which oversees the deportations of unauthorized immigrants, did not respond to a request for comment.
Woczylowski said parents typically have been tried along with young children and have explained the often-violent circumstances that led them to seek asylum in the U.S....
Defendants in diapers? Immigrant toddlers ordered to appear in court alone
I reiterate, WE HAVE LOST OUR FUCKING MINDS!
Defendants in diapers? Immigrant toddlers ordered to appear in court alone
Christina Jewett and Shefali Luthra, Kaiser Health NewsPublished 3:34 p.m. ET June 27, 2018 | Updated 3:47 p.m. ET June 27, 2018
A judge in California on Tuesday ordered U.S. border authorities to reunite separated families within 30 days, setting a hard deadline in a process that has so far yielded uncertainty about when children might again see their parents. Time
As the White House faces court orders to reunite families separated at the border, immigrant children as young as 3 are being ordered into court for their own deportation proceedings, according to attorneys in Texas, California and Washington, D.C.
Requiring unaccompanied minors to go through deportation alone is not a new practice. But in the wake of the Trump administration’s controversial family separation policy, more young children – including toddlers – are being affected than in the past.
The 2,000-plus children will likely need to deal with court proceedings even as they grapple with the ongoing trauma of being taken from their parents.
“We were representing a 3-year-old in court recently who had been separated from the parents. And the child – in the middle of the hearing – started climbing up on the table,” said Lindsay Toczylowski, executive director of Immigrant Defenders Law Center in Los Angeles. “It really highlighted the absurdity of what we’re doing with these kids.”
More: Judge orders families separated at border be reunited within 30 days
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which oversees the deportations of unauthorized immigrants, did not respond to a request for comment.
Woczylowski said parents typically have been tried along with young children and have explained the often-violent circumstances that led them to seek asylum in the U.S....
Defendants in diapers? Immigrant toddlers ordered to appear in court alone
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