Is my friend going to get deported?

friend was arrested in indianapolis on a p.i., held on a federal hold for ins (undocumented from honduras) been in the country over 10 years, speaks pretty good english, no felonies but a few misdemeanors, does have a child here, and the child is a u s citizen. he is now in tri county regional detention center in illinois has court in 5 weeks, is there anything i can do to stop deportation? what is going to happen? will they offer a public defender? any info will help!