Immigration Courts Further Limit Legal Help Available To People Facing Deportation
By Kristin Macleod-Ball
Every year, thousands of people are forced to face the complex deportation system without an attorney representing them. Now, the immigration courts are seeking to limit the assistance that these individuals can receive from “friend of the court” attorneys.
The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), the agency which includes the nation’s immigration courts, released a memo about the role of attorneys in immigration court. It specifically addresses the role they can have in cases of individuals they are assisting but not fully representing.
The memo, released in November 2019, appears to target programs by legal service providers that provide basic assistance to individuals facing deportation, including children, through attorney-of-the-day programs.
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