Immigration
Jan. 9, 2019
DOJ argues no duty for ongoing mental care to separated, now reunited families
The government has no “constitutional duty” to provide ongoing mental health treatment to families formerly separated at the U.S.-Mexico border under the now rescinded “zero tolerance” policy against illegal entry into the country, the Department of Justice argued this week.
The government has no "constitutional duty" to provide ongoing mental health treatment to families formerly separated at the U.S.-Mexico border under the now rescinded "zero tolerance" policy against illegal entry into the country, the Department of Justice argued.
"The constitutionality of the government's 'zero tolerance' policy that led to their separation is not before the court," wrote Michael C. Heyse of the U.S. Department of...
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