Justice Department and CNCS Announce New Partnership to Enhance Immigration Courts and Provide Critical Legal Assistance to Unaccompanied Minors | Corporation for National and Community Service

This is a start - likely more important for the attitude behind it than the good it will accomplish.  One hundred lawyers and paralegals will be enrolled in the program to start.  Details and comments reported by the Times HERE
Justice Department and CNCS Announce New Partnership to Enhance Immigration Courts and Provide Critical Legal Assistance to Unaccompanied Minors | Corporation for National and Community Service: 

Eric Holder, Attorney General

"June 6, 2014 WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), which administers AmeriCorps, and the Department of Justice today announced "justice AmeriCorps," a strategic partnership to increase national service opportunities while enhancing the effective and efficient adjudication of immigration proceedings involving certain children who have crossed the U.S. Border without a parent or legal guardian. The interagency agreement reflects the spirit of a Presidential Memorandum issued on July 15, 2013 that established the Task Force on Expanding National Service. The Task Force calls on federal agency leaders to identify ways to address some of the nation's most pressing challenges by expanding national service.
"With the launch of justice AmeriCorps, we're taking a historic step to strengthen our justice system and protect the rights of the most vulnerable members of society," said Attorney General Eric Holder.  "How we treat those in need, particularly young people who must appear in immigration proceedings – many of whom are fleeing violence, persecution, abuse, or trafficking – goes to the core of who we are as a nation.  Through this program, we reaffirm our allegiance to the values that have always shaped our pursuit of justice.  We empower new generations of aspiring attorneys and paralegals to serve their country and stand on the front lines of this fight.  And we bolster both the efficacy and the efficiency of our immigration courts.""

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