April 28 (Reuters) – The U.S. administration is bringing ahead immigration hearings for deportations of migrant children in custody by weeks and even months in a bid to accelerate the method, NCS reported on Tuesday, citing administration officers and legal professionals for the children.
The report mentioned children as younger as 4 had to repeatedly seem in court docket and supply updates on the standing of their case, at occasions with out authorized assist, inside a matter of weeks.
Andrew Nixon, a spokesman for the Department of Health and Human Services, instructed NCS many of the children have been in danger of trafficking and exploitation, and a few have been introduced over the border by cartels.
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“Moving cases forward helps disrupt those networks and ensures children are returned to safe environments as quickly as possible,” Nixon mentioned in a press release.
(Reporting by Kanjyik Ghosh in Barcelona; Editing by Andrew Heavens)