(Logan Cyrus/For The Washington Post)— Toward the end of a recent morning hearing in immigration court, Judge V. Stuart Couch looked out from his bench on a nearly empty chamber. New cohort of fugitivesAs a result, migrants from the surge are faring worse in the courts than other groups. There is no right to government-paid counsel in immigration court. Kathryn Coiner-Collier, the Immigrant Assistance Project Coordinator at Legal Services of Southern Piedmont, works at the pro bono office in Charlotte immigration court. In an immigration court that nearly always says no, a lawyer’s spirit is brokenShe helped deport hundreds of undocumented immigrants.

Source: Washington Post July 31, 2017 00:35 UTC