Lawmakers, advocates allege Chicago immigration court violated due process for minors handed removal orders

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin and local advocates sounded the alarm Wednesday over systemic due process violations at Chicago's downtown immigration court, calling a strategy to speed up their cases and issue deportation orders to unaccompanied minors a "mockery of the justice system." Durbin, U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley, and state leaders spoke out after attending a morning hearing, where they and courtroom advocates witnessed six minors handed removal orders. “These kids, some as young as 12 years old are…