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- 1Inside the Texas immigration court where children face deportation alone●Exclusive: ‘I have no one’: Inside a Texas immigration court where children fight to stay in the US
CNN reports from a Texas immigration court where migrant children, many unaccompanied, fight to remain in the United States, often without lawyers or family support. The report follows children as they face judges alone, highlighting how a lack of legal representation shapes outcomes in deportation proceedings.
- 2Volunteers and faith leaders pack US immigration courts to shield immigrants●All over the US, people have been keeping up a presence in # immigration court to deter # ICE from kidnapping law abidin
Across the United States, people have been showing up in immigration courtrooms to accompany immigrants and deter ICE from detaining people at hearings. Among them is Sister Rose Patrice, a Catholic nun, whose presence supporters say can influence outcomes, since faith leaders standing beside defendants has been shown to affect how cases proceed. The practice has spread as a form of peaceful accompaniment.
- 3Advocates Sue to Block Trump Birthright Citizenship Order▼Immigrants’ Rights Advocates File Federal Lawsuit Challenging New Trump Birthright Citizenship Executive Order
Immigrants' rights advocates, including the Asian Law Caucus, have filed a federal lawsuit challenging a new executive order from President Trump on birthright citizenship. The suit argues the order is unlawful and targets efforts to end automatic citizenship for children born in the United States. Legal battles over the order are expected to move quickly through the courts.