It is unfortunate that after fleeing from their countries of origin, children who enter the United States of America as illegal immigrants face a very unsure process of justice in US immigration courts. They are more likely to be successful if they have access to a lawyer and a court nearby. A recent survey revealed that 88 per cent of those children who did not have access to a lawyer were deported back home. This is a humanitarian crisis, which people say has again raised its ugly face in the country. Coming as a major test for the Obama government which had promised fairness and equality of justice in the treatment of child migrants the crisis seems to have been made even more difficult with the current problem of expediting deportation proceedings.

Since last summer though, a lot of progress has been made in locating attorneys for children immigrants, but a large number of cases are still pending. Thousands of such children are already being caught in the aftermath, and many children are being forced to live under the perpetual threat of removal. President Obama’s decision, however, has had a lasting impact; many of the children have found themselves in government hands and safekeeping. That seems to be the silver lining in the dark clouds of deportation risks.