I’m sometimes the only journalist following an important story. For instance, I was the first to report earlier this year that more children are showing up to immigration court without attorneys because the Trump administration cut funding for their legal representation.
That includes a 4-year-old migrant girl I saw alone, playing with a pink plushy toy, as an immigration judge told her the government of the United States wants to deport her.
I was the only reporter in the courtroom that day.
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