Defendants In Diapers? Immigrant Toddlers Ordered To Appear In Court Alone

washingtonpost.com · By Christina Jewett and Shefali Luthra, Kaiser Health News · 2018-06-27T18:45:15.000Z

As the White House faces court orders to reunite families separated at the border, immigrant children as young as 3 are being ordered into court for their own deportation proceedings, according to attorneys in Texas, California and Washington, D.C.Requiring unaccompanied minors to go through deportation alone is not a new practice. But in the wake of the Trump administration’s controversial family separation policy, more young children — including toddlers — are being affected than in the past.