Thanks. Hi. Im diane eikenberry. Im a senior attorney, and i work with detained children in o. R. Custody in virginia and maryland. I sort of have two questions but theyre related to training and stakeholder relations and sort of two parts for barbara and maria. First maria, i want to thank you so much for the wonderful work that the young center does. Thanks. Ive had the pleasure of working with one of your child advocates out of the office in harlingen. You make a great difference. Im so excited youre opening new offices because we need more of your work. Thanks. But barbara, you mentioned theres expanded training for the Immigration Judges. Can you speak a little bit about that . And also maybe generally about what kind of training, if any, is required for Immigration Judges around issues relating to these unaccompanied minors. So we have done some training with the Immigration Judges, you know. Some of you know because of budgetary issues, weve had to have our conferences on dvd fo
And ill ask that you identify yourself. And if youre directing your attention to any particular panelist, to let that panelist know who youre directing your questions to. Thanks. Hi. Im diane eikenberry. Im a senior attorney, and i work with detained children in o. R. Custody in virginia and maryland. I sort of have two questions but theyre related to training and stakeholder relations and sort of two parts for barbara and maria. First maria, i want to thank you so much for the wonderful work that the young center does. Thanks. Ive had the pleasure of working with one of your child advocates out of the office in harlingen. You make a great difference. Im so excited youre opening new offices because we need more of your work. Thanks. But barbara, you mentioned theres expanded training for the Immigration Judges. Can you speak a little bit about that . And also maybe generally about what kind of training, if any, is required for Immigration Judges around issues relating to these unaccomp
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This morning on the washington journal, we asked viewers to weigh in. We want to know whether you think the president should move forward on hiS Immigration plant. Phone lines are open. 202 5853880 for democrats. 202 5853881 for republicans. 202 5853882 for independents. Are outside if you the us. You can also email us, use facebook and twitter. A very good saturday morning to you. Here are the headlines today in wall street journal. Immigration plan test president s reach. Whether president use millions for deportation. Of course, the details of that plan is not yet officially released, but some reports on that plan coming out this past week. In terms of what we know about the plan, heres what we know the Research Center their report from yesterday. It is supposed to affect already ts who have been living in the country for long period of time, and families in which the members are your citizens and others are us citizens, and others are not. It could include 3. 5 million parents of u