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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
ianmelton.bsky.social
Again @79SemiFinalist another great issue.
December 7, 2024 at 1:31 AM
ianmelton.bsky.social
@otherverseg.bsky.social what are you cooking lately? No new food posts from the muskhole from you on that… since you’re suspended… 😁
February 23, 2024 at 3:37 AM
ianmelton.bsky.social
@remender.bsky.social couldn’t put it down. Incredible read. Thank you for a great story.
November 7, 2023 at 6:50 AM
ianmelton.bsky.social
Panel of the year? @joannestarer.bsky.social @natachabustos.bsky.social
September 22, 2023 at 4:40 PM
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prof-werneck.bsky.social
RT only if you are NOT becoming more conservative as you grow older.
July 11, 2023 at 12:00 AM