As Craig B. Mousin wrote, policy changes since 2016 shackle the feet of many bona fide asylees seeking safe haven in the United States. Migrants now carry a different burden. They must run the gauntlet of legal impediments that threaten health and safety:
"As one court stated, conditions in Mexican mental health institutions ‘qualified as torture’ for mentally ill patients." -Craig B. Mousin, JD, MDiv https://t.co/m6crw2NbxG
On the intersection of poor health & legal vulnerability: "Some refugees' illness experiences... preclude them from testifying and accurately representing their own interests during asylum adjudication proceedings." #ThisIsOurLane @journalofethics ht
Deportation without representation: Craig B. Mousin, JD, MDiv gives a thorough review of asylum laws here in the US and how being ill can compound fairness in such matters: https://t.co/MFB0io1l4n