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

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.