Written by Emily Creighton of the American Immigration Council and Jennifer Whitlock of the American Immigration Lawyers Association.
It might seem like a straightforward statistic: 44% of individuals who appear in deportation proceedings have an immigration attorney. But it’s not so simple.
Instead, it is a number that must factor in deportation cases that proceed on expedited timelines and the reality that a person may retain counsel only for a specific stage of a case. The number also changes significantly depending on the location of the immigration court. Legal representation in immigration proceedings is actually quite complex. Depending on how you look at the numbers, the rates of representation can look significantly different.
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