Children Facing U.S. Deportation Allowed to Sue for Lawyers
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A group of unaccompanied immigrant children who face deportation from the U.S. can proceed with a lawsuit to have government-paid lawyers represent them at their removal hearing.
U.S. District Judge Thomas Zilly in Seattle on Monday denied the government’s bid to throw out the American Civil Liberties Union lawsuit on behalf of the juveniles, saying the case can proceed over an alleged violation of the U.S. Constitution’s guarantee of due process.