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Immigration

Nov. 1, 2018

Immigrant’s appeal to remain in the US rejected

The Board of Immigration Appeals blocked the appeal of an immigrant who entered the country illegally who asked not to be sent back to Mexico because the mental health treatment he would receive there would amount to torture.

The Board of Immigration Appeals blocked the appeal of an Mexican who entered the United States illegally and asked not to be sent back because the mental health treatment he would receive there would amount to torture.

The case appears to follow 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals precedent, but attorneys for the respondent said they intended to appeal the decision to the higher court on behalf of their client and other mentally ill ...

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