Report Calls for Greater Protections for Detained Immigrants with Mental Disabilities(0)
Texas Appleseed, a public-interest law firm dedicated to promoting greater justice for all Texans through research, advocacy and partnerships with volunteer attorneys and other professionals, has recently released a report chronicling the sub-standard care and lack of due process rights afforded to immigrants in the detention and removal process in Texas. Although the report focuses [...]
CAIR Coalition Launches Detained Children’s Project
In response to the legal needs of unaccompanied immigrant children being detained in Virginia, CAIR Coalition has started the Detained Children’s Project in partnership with the Immigration Law Clinic at the University of Virginia School of Law. The project will provide legal services to unaccompanied immigrant children being held at the Shenandoah Valley Juvenile Center [...]
Law School Students Secure Freedom for Mentally-Ill Immigrant Detained for Over Two Years
Now full-fledged attorneys, former law students Erica Morgan and Edmundo Saballos spent nearly a year fighting to defend the rights and dignity of their client, I.P., a young man from Honduras who suffered from such severe mental illness that at one point he stopped talking altogether and could only communicate through hand gestures.
I.P. was initially [...]
CAIR Coalition Urges Attorney General to Safeguard the Rights of Mentally Ill Immigrant Detainees
Recently, the United States signed the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and celebrated the 19th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. These two actions mark our nation’s commitment to provide reasonable accommodations to and ensure basic fairness for all people with disabilities. Unfortunately, this commitment falters in our nation’s [...]
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