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In April, a 10-year-old Venezuelan boy named Wilfredo Hoyos-Gomez appeared in immigration court in Texas, unaccompanied and without a lawyer. His mother, Nexoli Anyis Gomez Bracho, was arrested during a traffic stop and has been in ICE custody in Houston since December.

Wilfredo entered the U.S. three years ago with his mother. She has a work permit, and their asylum cases are pending. They have no other family in the U.S., and Gomez’s former employer has been looking after Wilfredo while he faces deportation hearings alone.

“I was nervous because it was my first time going to a court,” Wilfredo told Univision after his hearing. The DHS is seeking to deport him to Ecuador, a country where he knows no one and has never been.

is one of hundreds of thousands of children facing pending immigration cases without legal representation nationwide, according to federal immigration data. His case offers a rare glimpse into a system operating outside of public scrutiny. While technically open by law, immigration hearings for children are effectively blocked from public access.

A new analysis of federal immigration data, conducted by the Vera Institute of Justice in response to questions from Drop Site News, shows that children like Hoyos-Gomez are not an anomaly but part of a wider pattern. More than half of all children facing pending immigration cases are doing so without legal representation, according to data from the Department of Justice. The analysis shows that legal representation appears to be one of the most important factors shaping children’s outcomes in immigration court.

Of 751,861 children with pending removal cases, 57%—or 425,093 children—lacked legal representation, according to the most recent data. This rate is slightly higher than that of adults, 54% of whom are unrepresented in immigration court in pending cases. Nearly two thirds of children’s cases that are still pending were initiated by the federal government in 2023, under the Biden administration. The gap widens in completed cases. Last year, 64% of children’s completed immigration cases went forward without legal representation.

Drop Site News | Jun 26, 2026

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🎥 Al Jazeera Special Coverage | Gaza: Promises and Reality – Israel’s expanding control

Al Jazeera English | Jun 28, 2026

Al Jazeera's special coverage, "Gaza: Promises and Reality," examines the gap between what was promised when the US-brokered ceasefire began and the reality Palestinians face today. Over five days, the coverage explores how Israel's genocide in Gaza – which has killed more than 73,000 Palestinians, including at least 20,000 children – continues to reshape the territory and its people.

Day one of the special focuses on Israel's expanding military control. What was once the "Yellow Line" – a boundary indicating where troops would withdraw to – has extended deeper into Gaza. The UN now calls the new boundary the "Orange Line," covering an additional 11% of the territory. Israel now holds nearly 65% of Gaza, leaving just 36% of the land for more than two million people. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the military to expand its control to 70%.

A displaced father, Saad Yaseen, said he fled eastern Gaza because of constant shelling despite being told he was not within the Yellow Line. A mother whose son went to check on the family home inside the Orange Zone said: "This yellow line separated me from my son. I can't go see him. I want to know if he is alive or dead." Human rights activist Alaa Skafi warned that

Israel's seizure of more than two-thirds of Gaza is part of a "systematic methodological policy" of genocide, aimed at ending all forms of life and potentially setting up illegal settlements.

The coverage also traces Gaza's history – from ancient civilizations and imperial conquests to mass displacement and modern war. For Palestinians, it remains homeland where generations of their ancestors have lived for thousands of years.

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🎥 Al Jazeera Special Coverage | Gaza: Promises and Reality – Health system collapse

Al Jazeera English | Jun 29, 2026

Al Jazeera’s special coverage, “Gaza: Promises and Reality,” examines the gap between commitments made under the US-brokered ceasefire and the reality Palestinians face on the ground in Gaza. Over five days, the series explores how Israel’s war on Gaza – which has killed more than 73,000 Palestinians, including at least 20,000 children – continues to reshape every aspect of life in the territory and its people.
Day two focuses on the systematic destruction and collapse of Gaza’s healthcare system. Not a single hospital in the Strip is fully functional, with more than 90% of health facilities either damaged or completely destroyed. Medical services are now operating far below capacity, while critical shortages of medicines and equipment have pushed the system to breaking point.

Across Gaza, patients are struggling to access even the most basic treatment. Diabetic children are forced to rely on expired test strips and outdated insulin, while families search desperately for medicines that are increasingly unavailable or unaffordable. Cancer patients are undergoing chemotherapy amid displacement, hunger and lack of proper care, with one mother describing receiving treatment “while there was no bread to eat.” Gaza now has only one functioning cardiac catheterisation machine, with around 500 patients on waiting lists for life-saving procedures.

Doctors say essential services are collapsing, with surgeries delayed or cancelled due to shortages of supplies. Dr Ahmed El-Farra, head of the paediatric department at Nasser Hospital, described the situation as “health genocide,” adding that conditions have worsened even after the ceasefire, which he said has failed to bring meaningful relief after more than 1,000 days of war.

The coverage also highlights broader impacts on the medical sector, including repeated strikes on hospitals, the killing of an estimated 1,700 health workers, and the detention of medical staff, including Dr Hussam Abu Safia, who has been held for more than 500 days without charge. Despite international provisions under the US-led ceasefire agreement to allow 21,000 patients to leave Gaza for treatment, fewer than 7,500 have been evacuated, a compliance rate of just 36%.

With Gaza’s healthcare system systematically dismantled, Palestinians continue to face a reality where even the most basic right to medical care has been severely compromised.

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🎥 Al Jazeera Special Coverage | Gaza: Promises and Reality – Social fabric destroyed

Al Jazeera English | Jun 30, 2026

Al Jazeera's special coverage, "Gaza: Promises and Reality," examines the gap between commitments made under the US-brokered ceasefire and the reality Palestinians face on the ground in Gaza. Over five days, the series explores how Israel's war on Gaza – which has killed more than 73,000 Palestinians, including at least 20,000 children – continues to reshape every aspect of life in the territory and its people.
Day three focuses on the destruction of Gaza's social fabric. Palestinians are not only being deprived of their privacy, health, and even their identities. For hundreds of thousands of displaced families, personal moments play out in public. Engaged couples search for quiet corners in crowded camps; families live in spaces divided by hanging sheets or nothing at all. Changing clothes, disciplining children, and arguing with loved ones all happen in full view of strangers. For women and girls, the loss of privacy brings added hardship, with makeshift partitions offering little protection. One woman was seen asking her husband to check if anyone was watching before she could use the toilet.

The Gaza Municipality spokesperson, Hosni Mhanna, said 90% of Gaza has been destroyed, with 25 million tonnes of rubble and 370,000 cubic metres of solid waste in Gaza City alone. He said 135 municipality trucks were destroyed by Israel, preventing basic services. "The blockade is really a challenge," he said. "The situation is catastrophic in the Gaza Strip."

The coverage also highlights a growing identity crisis. Thousands of Palestinians have lost ID documents and passports while fleeing bombardment. Banks reportedly reject IDs issued after October 7, 2023, leaving people unable to access salaries or bank accounts. Students accepted to universities abroad cannot travel without original passports. Officials say the destruction of government infrastructure and restrictions on the civil registry system have created a legal and humanitarian vacuum affecting nearly every aspect of civilian life.

The burial crisis is also deepening. Thirty-nine of Gaza's 62 cemeteries have been completely destroyed, with another 19 partially damaged. Families are paying up to $520 for a single burial space – if they can find one. One man, Ziad Al-Asqar, buried his wife in the same small plot where he had already buried his two sons, two grandchildren, and his nephew's son.

"This is now the fourth time we've had to bury members of our family in the same small plot of land," he said.
Even the dead are running out of room. With Gaza's social fabric systematically dismantled, Palestinians continue to face a reality where dignity, intimacy, and solitude have become casualties of war.

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🎥 Israeli strike kills two, setting tents ablaze in humanitarian corridor of Gaza | AJ #shorts

Al Jazeera English | Jun 29, 2026

Two people were killed and several others were injured after an Israeli strike hit the Mawasi area of Khan Younis, a zone previously designated by Israel as a humanitarian area in the southern Gaza Strip. A total of five people were killed across Gaza on Monday.

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