

I realize this point might not be obvious:
Adults in immigration detention are not entitled to be appointed a lawyer.
To win attorneys’ fees, the immigrant has to hire a private lawyer. That lawyer has to file a habeas petition. They have to win the habeas petition. A court has to find that the detention was unlawful. Then, they have to move for attorneys’ fees as a sanction after the case is over, and it’s an uphill battle to win that.













Usually, these services also cryptographically sign the document in a way that establishes that the user who agreed to sign the document was authenticated to the service under the indicated identity using whatever means of authentication.