… doesn't have a lawyer, he doesn't have a child advocate, he doesn't have a friend of the court. The judge through an interpreter is telling him, use your asylum application. All he wants is to reunite with his mom who our government has separated him from. So I just spoke up from the benches and said, you, Honor, we got to at least get this kid a child advocate and hopefully that will happen and we can reunite him with his mom. (00:37–00:42)
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Asserts that the government has separated Eddie from his mother.
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