Immigration

Lynch: Illegal immigrant children shouldn’t represent themselves in court

By Kelly Cohen
Published March 9, 2016 5:11pm ET
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Lynch: Illegal immigrant children shouldn’t represent themselves in court
"In no way does the Department of Justice feel that children of that age or, frankly, children who are older, can or should represent themselves individually," Attorney General Loretta Lynch told Sen. Patrick Leahy. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) | Andrew Harnik

Attorney General Loretta Lynch said Wednesday that she agreed with the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee that illegal immigrant children shouldn’t have to represent themselves in immigration hearings.

Ranking member Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., cited a Washington Post report in a hearing with Lynch about lawyers trying to teach children the ins and outs of U.S. immigration law. “I’ve never heard such a stupid, stupid, stupid thing from a judge or anyone else,” Leahy said.

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