Ever More Children Are Facing the Nightmare of Immigration Court on Their Own

“The number of children without representation is a particularly poignant illustration of a much bigger problem: You don’t have a right to an attorney,” said Camille Mackler, immigration legal policy director for the New York Immigration Coalition. “Low-income immigrants have to find their own lawyers. In New York, there is a good nonprofit network, but we aren’t even scratching surface of the need.”

According to Immigrant Advocates Response Collaborative, the average immigration case in New York lasts 651 days, though many providers report cases lasting more than four years, because “there is no such thing as a simple case,” Mackler said.

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