Pence’s comments came as The Texas Tribune reported that immigrant children—including toddlers—are being ordered into court alone for their deportation proceedings. The children are not provided a lawyer but are handed a list of legal services organizations that might help them. One immigration lawyer in California described a 3-year-old child separated from their family climbing a table during a deportation proceeding, saying, “It really highlighted the absurdity of what we’re doing with these kids.”