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With a growing backlog of deportation cases, overwhelmed U.S. immigration courts are struggling to deliver due process. In this first Student Voices podcast episode of Proof Over Precedent, Harvard Law School student Michael Pusic proposes a possible solution for the 86% of immigrants detained without a lawyer: Enable non-lawyers with specialized training and experience to represent individuals facing deportation. It’s passed observational tests; now, he says, it’s time for a randomized control trial.
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