Because we don't have any gang violence in the USA?
A glimmer of hope, until that 5 billion lost in Hillery’s State Dept. is miraculously found and put to use.
Most of these “children” are 17 to 19 year old gang members being smuggled across by coyotes to serve as anchors to permit all of their relatives to come over.
The American taxpayers should not be paying for “lawyers” for these thieving bass turds. If they want a “lawyer”, they can pay for one like AMERICANS do.
That's the point. Going home is not a penalty. If they were actually arrested and CHARGED with a violation of 8 USC 1325, then they would be provided a public defender for the criminal trial.
But a deportation proceeding is not a criminal trial. It's merely a process to establish if you are in the country illegally, if there's any credible reason why you should stay, and how soon you might be going home if don't have a good reason.
The administration doesn't have the right to spend unallocated money to keep future Democrats in the country.
Fleeing violence in Central America? How much is being put up to flee the b on b violence in Baltimore?
If they’re citizens of Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, etc, etc, etc, let their own governments provide them with legal counsel.
“Without lawyers, children are much more likely to be sent back to their home countries”...
Duh! That is what most of us have been trying to tell the senators and representatives that we want-for them-kids and all-to be sent home-NOW-because they are mojados-here illegally-if cutting off money to help them is what it takes to get them gone, then go for it...
Obama will do it anyways