After having terminated lawyers for unaccompanied children, the government is now making toddlers represent themselves in deportation proceedings.

50501@50501.chat · 9 months ago

After having terminated lawyers for unaccompanied children, the government is now making toddlers represent themselves in deportation proceedings.

SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 9 months ago

Even The Onion wouldn’t dare publish a story like this

electricyarn@lemmy.world · 9 months ago

If someone put this in fiction it would be categorized a farce. How can a courtroom full of adults go along with this?

breezeblock@lemm.ee · 9 months ago

Cruelty is the whole point.

wetsoggybread@lemmy.world · 9 months ago

This is diabolical, I would hate for this to happened even under Biden’s presidency. You’re forcing children to attend this without any support. This is absolutely crazy

LesserAbe@lemmy.world · 9 months ago

What is the source for this? I followed the link and it appeared to be a screenshot as well.

Kit · 9 months ago

I found this, but I’ve never heard of this site before: https://gothamist.com/news/4-year-old-migrant-girl-other-kids-go-to-court-in-nyc-with-no-lawyer-the-cruelty-is-apparent

LesserAbe@lemmy.world · 9 months ago

Thank you. Yes, I’ve heard of the gothamist before, I see it used to be independent but was acquired by NPR.