Letter to Congress on Appointment of Counsel for Children and Rollback of the Protections of Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act

SUMMARY

The Immigration and Nationality Law Committee wrote a letter in support of H.R. 4936, the Vulnerable Immigrant Voice Act (VIVA), and Senator Mikulski’s proposed appropriations for appointment of counsel for children in removal proceedings. The Committee also urges Congress not to pass any provisions that would deny children from Central America access to full hearings as provided by the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act.