Edward Markey: “Unlike in criminal court, immigrants lack the right to…”

“… half of immigrants facing deportation lack legal counsel, often due to the cost of hiring a lawyer or to an actual shortage of lawyers to handle all those cases. And Unlike in criminal court, immigrants lack the right to counsel in their immigration cases if they cannot afford one. There are five year old children sitting in courtrooms by themselves who can't even read and are expected to explain themselves. This is not justice. This is punishment.” (00:52–01:00)

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