cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/48957674

cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/48957673

More than half of the children with deportation orders are representing themselves in immigration courts, according to data from the Department of Justice.

President Donald Trump’s massive immigration crackdown has made headlines for what many view as Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s aggressive tactics and alleged inhumane conditions at detention centers.

But what is less talked about are the hundreds of thousands of children navigating the immigration court system as they face deportation.

Of the 751,861 children with pending removal cases, 57 percent, or 425,093 of them, do not have lawyers, Drop Site News reported Friday.

The independent investigative news site’s figures were sourced from an analysis of data from the DOJ’s Executive Office for Immigration Review conducted by the Vera Institute of Justice.