EXCLUSIVE: Public Attorneys Doing Way More For Illegal Migrants Than You Might Think

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EXCLUSIVE: Public Attorneys Doing Way More For Illegal Migrants Than You Might Think

1 sourceUpdated Jul 2, 2026

Criminal migrants across the country are increasingly avoiding deportation thanks to an unlikely source: public attorneys using local taxpayer dollars to represent them in immigration court. Foreign nationals facing…

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