Judge Orders Legal Aid for Mentally Disabled Immigrants Facing Deportation

By Julia Preston, New York Times

A federal judge in California has ordered immigration courts in three states to provide legal representation for immigrants with mental disabilities who are in detention and facing deportation, if they cannot represent themselves. The decision is the first time a court has required the government to provide legal assistance for any group of people before the nation’s immigration courts.

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