Immigration,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Jan. 30, 2018
Unaccompanied children facing deportation not entitled to a lawyer, 9th Circuit rules
A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled that unaccompanied children facing deportation do not have a right to government-appointed counsel under U.S. immigration law or the U.S. Constitution.
Unaccompanied children facing deportation do not have a right to government-appointed counsel under U.S. immigration law or the U.S. Constitution, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled.
Attorneys for the petitioner argued that children could not properly represent themselves in immigration court and that they required government-appointed lawyers to satisfy the Due Process Clause of the U.S. Constitution and the right to a ...
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