Sufficiently Safeguarded?: Competency Evaluations of Mentally Ill Respondents in Removal Proceedings

In this Article, I examine the current regime for making mental competency determinations of mentally ill and incompetent noncitizen respondents in immigration court. In its present iteration, mental competency determinations in immigration court are made by immigration judges, most commonly without...

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Autor principal: Sherman-Stokes, Sarah (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Libro
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Publicado: 2016
En:Año: 2016
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