US Courts Overcrowded with 'Rocket Docket' Migrant Kids

Attorney Elizabeth Sanchez Kennedy rises with the sun to face a day of uncertainties. “I don’t know if today’s going to be crazy or if I’m going to be sitting around doing nothing,” said Kennedy, who represents children in Miami’s immigration court --- where the numbers are only going up.  More than 4,000 undocumented children were sent to Florida in the first eight months of this year. Kennedy barely has enough time to grab her files at Catholic Legal Services before racing to...

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