➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ:
US: In Immigration Court, Children Must Serve as Their Own Lawyers
New York Times – August 20, 2016
After a long, scary trek through three countries to escape the gang violence in El Salvador, a 15-year-old boy found himself scared again a few months back, this time in a federal immigration court here. There was an immigration judge in front of him and a federal prosecutor to his right. But there was no one helping him understand the charges against him.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/21/us/in-immigration-court-children-must-serve-as-their-own-lawyers.html?_r=0