Other direction - in 1997 Bill Clinton was deporting people without process which is where this body of law came from. The standard practice was that children w

Other direction - in 1997 Bill Clinton was deporting people without process which is where this body of law came from. The standard practice was that children with adults would get a bond hearing (because adults could represent themselves and their children) but unaccompanied children were being deported OR they pretty much became permanent residents of the detention system. Then in 2017, they left limbo and have the right to be heard in a court: https://www.ilrc.org/sites/default/files/resources/flores_v._sessions_practice_alert_final.pdf https://www.ilrc.org/sites/default/files/resources/flores_v.... So... is a five year old expected to deal with their legal process? Yes, and they're appointed council to help with that, which is way better than where we were 20 years ago.