Law Practice,
Immigration,
Corporate
Dec. 21, 2017
Nonprofit trains in-house counsel to handle child deportation cases
In-house counsel and other attorneys have been trained to handle delicate child deportation proceedings by a nonprofit.
Mina Nasseri-Asghar, corporate counsel for The Clorox Company
There is no right to counsel for those facing deportation in federal immigration court, including children. The process is civil, not criminal, and adults and children who cannot afford representation or aren’t lucky enough to find pro bono counsel face a bewildering system they often do not understand.
In California, patchwork solutions are emerging to match people facing deportation with pro bono or paid immigration lawyers.
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