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ABA becomes plaintiff in lawsuit over treatment of children affected by remain-in-Mexico program


ABA becomes plaintiff in lawsuit over treatment of children affected by remain-in-Mexico program
 
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The ABA’s immigration project in Texas has joined a lawsuit alleging that unaccompanied children affected by the Trump administration’s remain-in-Mexico program are being denied basic legal rights.
The ABA’s South Texas Pro Bono Asylum Representation Project, known as ProBAR, joined the lawsuit as a plaintiff Feb. 12, along with a New York nonprofit called the Door, according to an ABA press release. The amended lawsuit, filed in federal court in California, is here.
The suit says some of the children sent to Mexico under the policy have entered the United States on their own, yet they are denied legal protections given to other unaccompanied children. ....

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