Fast-track deportation hearings for unaccompanied children caught at the Mexican border since May are curtailing their already slim chances of finding a lawyer and disrupting scheduled dockets at Atlanta Immigration Court, according to four immigration lawyers who represent juveniles before the court.
Newly arrived juvenile immigrants are being bumped to the head of the line for deportation hearings under a new federal policy in response to the surge of children fleeing Central America for the U.S.
