A tiny girl about ten years old, with a ponytail and gold loop earrings, was sitting in the defendant’s chair in Judge Mimi Tsankov’s Denver courtroom. Tsankov is a U.S. immigration judge in one of the nation’s 59 immigration courts.
“How does the defendant plead?” Judge Tsankov asked.
The child’s lawyer answered for her: “The defendant concedes the one charge, Your Honor.”
