“This case is about the most vulnerable in our immigration system: abused, abandoned, neglected, and trafficked children,” the lawsuit reads. However, protecting vulnerable and trafficked children conflicts with an agenda of ‘deport at all costs’.” Historically, immigration judges have used tools to give children reprieves from deportation while pursuing SIJ or T status with USCIS. Yet last month, the Philadelphia immigration court still ordered her deported, a decision she is appealing. At the same time, children are being funneled into immigration court en masse for hearings starting at 7.45am and going until late afternoon or evening.