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As each immigrant child took their seat in his courtroom for their hearing, Judge John M. Bryant started the same way.

Last August, David, a 16-year-old from Guatemala, was awakened at 3 a.m. and told to get dressed quickly.

The Maryland congressional caucus is currently comprised of two male senators and eight male congressmen, and the female candidates running for public office in Maryland did not fare well in Tuesday's primary to challenge their state's all-male representing body.

Where are the children? And what's taking so long?