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Elizabeth Berget's avatar

I felt physically ill when I first read about this. It's so cruel. Anyone who has spent any time around kids knows waking them up in the middle of the night is so disorienting for them. I'm curious if you can tell me, beyond secrecy, WHY the middle of the night? It just feels like they know what they're doing is wrong and hiding it. Is there any other reason?

Also - I'm not a legal expert, but is there some kind of volunteer system to at least accompany these kids to court? Like a guardian ad litem?

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Sarah Green's avatar

Highly suggest the book Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay In Forty Questions by Valeria Luiselli. It is the authors experience translating for immigrant children who have been detained and she goes through the 40 questions they are asked. It includes some children from Guatemala. So insightful.

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