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April 29, 2020

Trump Admin Continues Deportation Hearings for Migrant Children Despite Pandemic
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Attorneys and advocates are raising concerns for the due process of
immigrant children as the Trump administration continues deportation
hearings for unaccompanied minors during the pandemic. Due to social
distancing guidelines, judges appear on a TV screen or connect via
telephone, and there are no attorneys physically present.

Public universities in California are issuing emergency grants to
students under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or
DACA, as they cope with the financial devastation triggered by the
coronavirus pandemic. This comes as over two dozen Democratic
congressmembers are condemning Education Secretary Betsy De Vos's
exclusion of college students with DACA from receiving coronavirus
emergency federal aid to cover expenses like food, housing and child
care.

In related news, Pro Publica reports internal emails show Immigration
and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, has access to a database containing the
personal information of DACA recipients - despite promises from the
Trump administration that information from DACA applications would not
be sent to deportation agents.


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