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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Valerie Gonzalez

Attorneys sue to restore deportation protections for abused and neglected migrant children

Migrant Kids Deportation - (Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Attorneys representing migrant children who were abused, neglected or abandoned by a parent asked a federal court on Thursday to restore their deportation protections after the Trump administration ended them.

The lawsuit, filed in the Eastern District of New York, was filed on behalf of nine young people and their legal advocates who want a judge to keep the protections for up to nearly 150,000 beneficiaries.

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