Posted on 10/31/2014 10:04:56 PM PDT by Steelfish
Mentally Disabled To Get Legal Help In Immigration Cases
By SCOTT MARTELLE
Court orders mental health screenings for those detained on suspicion of being in the country illegally This is a court ruling that's sure to inflame the anti-immigration crowd. A U.S. District Court judge this week ordered the federal government to begin mental-disability screening for those detained in three states on suspicion of being in the country illegally, and to provide lawyers for those determined unable to represent themselves in removal hearings.
It was the right call.
[It]t ... recognizes that those who are incapable of representing themselves in a byzantine court system are entitled to help. - Under immigration law, noncitizens caught without legal permission to be in the country -- whether they sneaked across a border or overstayed a visa -- are subject to an immigration court removal proceeding. They have a right to legal counsel if they can find a lawyer, but unlike criminal courts, the government has no responsibility to provide a lawyer for those who can’t afford one.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
On a clear day UCLA.
Oh great, not only are we the dumping ground for all the poor in the world, but now we are expected to take care of all the Mentally Disabled world wide!!
Thank you Obama.
So are drug addicted murdering illegals considered mentally disabled ?
Excuse me, I guess they all end up with free attorneys anyway.
Creating jobs for bilingual attorneys
As if America didn’t already have enough loons, we’re going to start importing them. Brilliant!
Don’t forget tax day is April 15. Now get back to work chumps.
I agree there should be mental screening for....JUDGES.
Right ...... like America has a shortage of “mentally disabled” individuals.
Hell, once Holder has left DOJ Obama can send him overseas to recruit more mentally disabled critters. After all, ANYTHING to weaken America.
There is no "anti-immigration crowd" and the LA Times knows it. There IS a vast MAJORITY opposed to illegal immigration.
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