Non-profit organisation Immigration Counselling Service has released a 4-minute short film that re-enacts the travails of children separated from their parents at the US border after the Trump administration's clamp down on immigrants.

The narrative hinges on the goings on in US courtrooms as unaccompanied children turn up for deportation hearings.

The film touches a chord with many as it has been doing rounds on social media since its release. The director, Linda Freedman, wrote that she knew in her heart that this film would find those who will rise up to help their fellow humans in the time of need.

In the film titled 'Unaccompanied: Alone in America,' a former US judge William C plays an unmoved immigrant trial judge who questions three Latin kids of different ages on matters concerning their immigration.

He asks them if they knew what a lawyer is and tells them they are being tried for illegal immigration. The nervous looking kids reply in Spanish that they do not know what a judge does and they clearly don't have one (lawyer).

The transcripts used to frame these questions were real and taken from actual immigration court rooms that tried children.

The video also displays results from a 2016 Univision data report that says nine out of 10 children who appear in court without representation are deported while almost half of those who have representation, get to stay.

Trump government's 'insensitive' immigration policies have upset a lot of people throughout the world and caused widespread protests in the US. Immigrant kids are separated from their parents at the US border and made to appear in court without legal representation while the government always has a representative lawyer. The video shows exactly how unfair the functioning of these policies is.

You can watch the film here:

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