Sentences with phrase «lack proper legal representation»

Unfortunately, many immigrants lose their opportunity for U.S. citizenship because they lack proper legal representation.

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Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito declared today that an initiative launched last year to guarantee legal representation to all of the undocumented immigrant children inundating the city has been a success — and has already obtained asylum for more than a dozen youth lacking proper paperwork.

Given the complexity of the law and lack of legal representation for appellants, he said: «We can not manage in many cases without proper assistance and we rarely get it from the Home Office.»

Although this is a rapidly changing area, most legal practitioners lack a proper understanding of the purpose of internal investigations (and compliance programmes) and improperly address the usual issues relating to investigations, including the right to representation and attorney — client privilege (which does not apply to in - house counsel).