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Why Are Migrant Children in Court Without a Lawyer?

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For years, the U.S. government helped secure lawyers for unaccompanied minors at deportation hearings. But a dispute between the Trump administration and legal nonprofits has forced many children to face immigration judges alone. Our national reporter Jazmine Ulloa explains.

Video by Jazmine Ulloa, Nour Idriss, Nikolay Nikolov, Jon Miller, Stephanie Swart and Edward Vega/The New York Times #immigration

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