Migrant children in Texas immigration court
The gist
25 migrant children, some as young as 3, appeared in a Texas immigration court on Monday.
Many faced the judge without lawyers, as fast-tracked cases decide their fate.
How it unfolded
- Aug 28, 2024Migrant kids are often held in a South Texas detention center five times longer than a court order allows.
- Sep 28, 2026In a Harlingen, Texas immigration courtroom, 25 migrant children lined the pews; a 6-year-old pretended to fly an airplane and a 3-year-old played with the microphone.
- Sep 28, 2026A 13-year-old Honduran boy named Angel, without an attorney, told the judge his family is in the US and it is too dangerous to return; the judge said he did not qualify for asylum and gave him until the end of the month to appeal a deportation order.