Immigrant kids–alone and detained
"[B]ecause the government does not pay for court-appointed lawyers, the majority of the children must rely on attorneys willing to work for free to help them, and the surge in the number of illegal immigrant children has strained the availability of free legal help, leaving some teens to face the system on their own.
More than 10,000 children will be detained by the end of the year, the government estimates, compared with 4,615 in 2000."