"Internal federal regulations have long barred deportation proceedings from moving ahead when children don’t have legal representation [but] inside the courtroom of Judge Lisa W Ling, a former [ICE] prosecutor ... none of those safeguards seemed to matter." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Inside the New York court where children face deportation without access to attorneysAbout 20,000 unaccompanied minors will lose legal representation if the federal government ends a longstanding contract on Friday, kicking current problems into overdrive across USwww.theguardian.com