Under law, unaccompanied children who come from countries that do not border the U.S. cannot immediately be deported. They have the right to appear before an immigration judge and make a case on why they should stay. Legitimate reasons include human trafficking, abuse or abandonment by a parent, or social persecution. The process can take over a year. In Florida’s immigration courts, the cases of these children more than doubled since last year. As a result, the courts created “rocket dockets” to give the cases priority, and assigned judges to handle them full-time.The rush created anxiety among the minors, and a sense of urgency for advocates scrambling to find lawyers in time for their hearings.
Posted on: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 19:32:46 +0000
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