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Published: Jun 13 2011
The Department of Homeland Security picks up thousands of unaccompanied, undocumented minors every year, according to the Office of Refugee Resettlement; 85 percent of them come from Guatemala, El Salvador or Honduras. These young people then face deportation proceedings—and more than half do so without a lawyer.
