Kids Testify The Darnedest Things… When Forced To Represent Themselves By The Trump Administration

I have 10- and 8-year-olds, and if I told them go to court alone, I’d be laughed at. You can barely get them to brush their teeth.

— Amica Center for Immigrant Rights Center Executive Director Michael Lukens in an interview with NBC regarding the Trump administration’s ongoing refusal to fund legal services for unaccompanied children in immigration courts. A temporary restraining order required the administration to restore funding as of April 1, but failed to comply while challenging the order.