"And that's why we don't take children!"

Who remembers that horrific scene in Saving Private Ryan where the father of the poor family huddled in their destroyed home urges his young daughter on the soldiers, hoping to save her alone?  Carpazo the soft-hearted, short-term thinker dies; chaos ensues; and the scene ends with the child slapping her father after finally being returned alive in one piece to her family:

[A] hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee:

The witness was Attorney General Loretta Lynch. The subject was the troubling phenomenon of young children being forced to go through immigration court without lawyers. 

It’s the result of the influx of tens of thousands of Central American immigrants seeking asylum at the border, many of them minors traveling alone. ... She added, “We do not take the view that children can represent themselves.”

She also noted that the Department of Justice isn’t required do anything about the problem. “The current law does not provide the right to counsel,” she said. 

This is true -- unlike defendants in criminal cases, defendants in immigration court cannot demand lawyers at taxpayer expense.

"And that's why we don't take children!"

 Well-meaning people can cause big messes when they try to help allegedly doomed children by giving incentives to parents to put them out in the world on their own, too soon.  If you don't believe me, just watch what happens to these children from Central America rightly being returned to their families and homes.  

At least 18 -- preferably 21 -- to legally emigrate alone on your own two feet.  Stay home and grow.  Just like we teach American teens to stay in school, don't drop out.  The world needs to get the message. Loud and clear from America.  

You'll be turned back at the borders. Period. No illegal entry.  Won't you help save the children?

No, I would not give you false hope. 
in our strange and mournful day. 
But the mother and child reunion
is only a motion away...