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Children as young as *four* are being put in the position of representing themselves without lawyers/parents present in front of immigration judges in cases that will determine whether they are deported.

gothamist.com/news/4-year-...
“The reason we’re here is because the government of the United States wants you to leave the United States,” Judge Ubaid ul-Haq, presiding from a courtroom on Varick Street, told a group of about a dozen children on a recent morning on Webex. “It’s my job to figure out if you have to leave,” ul-Haq continued. “It’s also my job to figure out if you should stay.” The parties included a 7-year-old boy, wearing a shirt emblazoned with a pizza cartoon, who spun a toy windmill while the judge spoke. There was an 8-year-old girl and her 4-year-old sister, in a tie-dye shirt, who squeezed a pink plushy toy and stuffed it into her sleeve. None of the children were accompanied by parents or attorneys, only shelter workers who helped them log on to the hearing.
April 23, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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April 22, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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zyflyyy.bsky.social
January 28, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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crockett.house.gov
Honored to be selected as Vice Ranking Member of Oversight Committee(Democrats) with my friend Rep. Gerry Connolly.

We'll be checking Trump's power & shining a light on every attack on our rights and freedoms.

We didn't play in the 118th & we're not about to start now.

Buckle up, buttercup.
January 21, 2025 at 9:48 PM