§ 9.1 Introduction

• Library: Rights of Foreign Nationals (OSBar) (2020 Ed.)

§ 9.1 INTRODUCTION

Representing children whose immigration status is unresolved can present unique challenges and rewards, as well as pressing deadlines. Many immigrant children will permanently age out of eligibility for certain immigration forms of relief during their late adolescence. Meeting with a child after a critical deadline has passed in the child's case leaves the attorney and the young adult with unanswered questions about why the adults in the child's life did not attend to these critical...