Israel

A pretty good rule in general is: "the more somebody claims great things about themselves or about something they control, the less that is true".

A country's politicians harping about how great and good the country they have power over is, should ring enormous alarm bells in one's mind - such qualities are self-evident, so if the people who control the country feel the need to insistently claim that, it means they know that the country falls short of that and words are needed to fill in the perception gap between reality and people thinking the country has such qualities.

That said, it's the kind of thing one only discovers (if at all) with life experience, and I thing most of us started by believing such things, later figured out it's bullshit and even later figured out what kind of symptons to look for to determine if it's all bullshit, so fair enough that you believed it and kudos for, by now, being at least at the stage of having figured out it was all bullshit.

On the island or wishing they were. Such scumbags.

is literally due process

Actually I doubt that's true, in a technical sense.

In a criminal court yes having legal representation is due process.

For the types of court matters which are formulaic and don't really require any discretion or consideration, legal representation isn't really considered a basic right because there may not be much scope to influence the outcome.

If it were a requirement in these cases the federal govt would ensure that these kids do have representation simply to ensure that they can not later appeal on the basis that they did not have representation.

If you had $10 to donate, it would be better used to buy them a toothbrush and soap for wherever they get deported to, rather than paying someone to represent their case in court.

That said I'm gravely concerned for these kids mental and physical well being while in custody. I'm sure the detention centres are just awful places to be.