The summary is:
The text is a transcript of a segment from the show Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, where he discusses the problems of the US immigration court system. He points out how immigrants face long wait times, lack of legal representation, regional disparities, political interference, and life-or-death consequences in these courts. He also shows how absurd it is to expect children to defend themselves in these courts, and mocks the idea with a parody of a court show where everyone except the defendant is a toddler. He argues that the system is broken and needs big changes, such as making the courts fully independent and providing lawyers for all immigrants.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text:
1. Immigration courts are part of the executive branch, not the judicial branch, and are run by the DOJ.
2. Immigration courts have a huge backlog of cases, with more than 617,000 cases pending as of 2018.
3. Immigrants in these courts do not have the right to a government-appointed lawyer, and many of them have to represent themselves, even children as young as two or three years old.
4. The outcome of immigration cases varies widely depending on the location of the court and the judge assigned to the case, with some courts deporting immigrants at much higher rates than others.
5. Some immigrants who are deported face violence or death in their home countries, such as a former Mexican police officer who was killed by a drug cartel six months after being deported.
6. The current attorney general, Jeff Sessions, has the power to review and overturn immigration court decisions, and has expressed a desire to speed up deportations and crack down on what he calls "fake asylum claims".
7. The text is a transcript of an episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, a comedy show that covers current affairs and social issues.