Is it legal to interview a child at a imigration center without one of the parents?

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Even in criminal cases, you have to have a parent or guardian present when an underaged suspect is being questioned-the same goes probably in an immigation center. If the child is travelling alone, I suppose a lawyer should be present.

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I think it isn't, but if child smuggling is suspected then maybe the circumstances would differ.

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as long as there is another adult present to protect the child's interests.

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I think that it is preferable for the parents to be there but if they are no available an adult acting in the childs interests can be present.

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The only way i could see a child being interviewed without parents present would involve social services and someone from them being present.

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If there is a impartial party present.

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Did they interview the child are are you asking a hypothetical question? If YES to the former - what exactly were the circs?

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It would not be legal to interview a child without an independent person present acting in loco parentis (in the absence of a parent, or on behalf of the parent), for the child.

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illegal immigrants arnt suppose to have any u.s. rights