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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Woodward

Migrant children threatened with ‘dog and a stun gun’ to force them to deport themselves, lawyers say

Donald Trump’s administration is trying to convince dozens of unaccompanied immigrant children to self-deport through “misinformation, coercion, threats and fear,” according to lawyers representing them.

Last year, attorneys successfully blocked a middle-of-the-night operation to deport Guatemalan minors in government custody following a series of harrowing affidavits describing their fears of abruptly returning to their home countries.

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