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BIA Provides Safeguards for Asylum Applicants With Diminished Capacity - Cyrus D. Mehta

September 08, 2015 (1 min read)

Cyrus D. Mehta, Sept. 4, 2015 - "The Board of Immigration Appeal’s decision in Matter of J-R-R-A-, 26 I&N Dec. 609 (BIA 2015) is a milestone decision in protecting an asylum applicant who presented competency issues that were not appropriately assessed by the Immigration Judge. It also untangles the ethical conundrum that a lawyer has when the client is unable to testify credibly due to a cognitive disability. ... I also commend readers to the ABA’s recent excellent publication entitled Representing Detained Immigration Respondents of Diminished Capacity: Ethical Challenges and Best Practices."


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