Tag: American Bar Association Border Kids

Deportation order for 11-year-old draws attention to courts’ woes

The near-deportation of a solitary 11-year-old child earlier this year highlights, critics say, the backlogs and turmoil surrounding federal immigration courts. “A federal immigration judge in Houston signed a deportation order for Laura Maradiaga-Alvarado, originally from El Salvador,… Read More

American Bar Association jumps into immigrant-family fray

  The American Bar Association Journal is promoting a web page that helps lawyers to volunteer, donate or advocate for detained and separated immigrant families. The web page, http://ambar.org/ immigrationjustice, was promoted by ABA President Hilarie Bass, who… Read More