Bar association seeks free legal counsel for asylum-seekers
January 18, 2022
The American Bar Association has launched a nationwide campaign seeking pro bono lawyers to assist asylum-seekers who are being fast-tracked through deportation proceedings in a “Dedicated Docket” program. About 70,000 migrants have been placed in this program according to data provided by Transactional Access Records Clearinghouse (TRAC) of Syracuse University. The Dedicated Docket fast-track program is operating in immigration courts across 11 U.S. cities. According to the TRAC report, only a small number of migrants placed in the Dedicated Docket are getting legal counsel.
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