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‘Me quiero ir con mi papá’: Inside El Paso’s fast-tracked immigration court for unaccompanied children

‘Me quiero ir con mi papá’: Inside El Paso’s fast-tracked immigration court for unaccompanied children
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A chubby-cheeked 7-year-old boy walked into the cold and quiet courtroom. He sat next to his attorney and leaned into the black gooseneck microphone on the table. “Juez, yo me quiero ir con mi papá,” he said clearly and confidently, then hunched back slowly into his chair as he held a stuffed...

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