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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Rhian Lubin

‘The United States wants you to leave’: Unaccompanied migrant kids are being forced to attend deportation hearings alone

Unaccompanied migrant children as young as 4 are being forced to attend deportation hearings alone, immigration campaigners say.

A growing number of migrant children are having to make immigration court appearances by themselves without the presence of an attorney, which lawyers warn will lead to more children getting deported, Gothamist reports.

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