Mental Health

US: The Failure to Provide Fair Removal Hearings to Persons with Mental Disabilities

On: September 3, 2010

In: Disability Rights, Excessive Punishment and Restrictions, Health, Immigration and the Treatment of Non-Citizens, Mental Health, Press release, Prison and Detention Conditions, Unfair Immigration Policies, US Domestic Policy

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US: Suit Seeks Deportation Safeguards

On: August 3, 2010

In: Disability Rights, Domestic Policy, Health, Immigration and the Treatment of Non-Citizens, Mental Health, Press release, Prison and Detention Conditions, Unfair Immigration Policies, United States, US Domestic Policy

A lawsuit filed on August 2, 2010, underscores the need for the federal government to provide lawyers and additional safeguards to people with mental disabilities in immigration courts