Re: “Trump administration halts funding for legal representation of migrant children” (March 21, Nation & World Politics):
As a 16-year-old pupil reporter in Kenmore, I usually draw back from editorializing. Nevertheless, President Donald Trump’s administration has not too long ago reduce packages that present authorized illustration to unaccompanied minors with out authorized immigration standing — a transfer so illogical and backward that I can not keep silent.
President Trump claims to be decreasing unlawful immigration, however lots of his government orders merely tear down current authorized assets for immigrants. Working example, his administration has now eliminated government-funded illustration for essentially the most weak group of immigrants — unaccompanied kids. By doing this, the federal authorities is stranding hundreds of minors, lots of whom are too younger to know the authorized course of. No matter one’s beliefs on immigration, eradicating the few assist networks accessible for unaccompanied kids and focusing on authorized immigration pathways doesn’t present an answer; it merely creates a hostile and complicated surroundings.
Unaccompanied immigrant kids are already at extraordinarily excessive threat for trafficking, abuse and exploitation. Many don’t communicate English. Taking away their authorized safety shouldn’t be an answer to unlawful immigration — actually, it solely serves to make the authorized course of harder for many who want safety essentially the most.
Langley Foster, Kenmore
