Many Immigrants Face Deportation Without a Lawyer at Their Side in Court. This Program Tries to Help
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- Lawyer Kamalpreet Chohan ran her finger down a list of 57 names of people scheduled to appear during a morning of hearings at the immigration court in California's capital and pointed out one glaring absence. "None of these folks are represented," she said. Chohan is the coordinator of a program that sends volunteer lawyers to immigration courts to assist people without representation and help them navigate the complicated legal system where the stakes are a future in
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Left: Highlights systemic lack of legal counsel endangering immigrants' due process. Center: Focuses on volunteer lawyer programs assisting unrepresented immigrants in court. Right: Emphasizes border enforcement priorities and reducing immigration court backlog cases.
Associated Press reported on Sacramento immigration court on August 9, 2026. https://apnews.com/article/lawyers-immigration-court-trump-mass-deportation-dad8bf5c032922240f232867bcf247d5
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