Asylum and Its Discontents in the United States
I recently learned about the removal case of mentally ill man from Africa. Several years ago, the man was granted Withholding of Removal from his country because he faced persecution there. His immigration case was recently re-opened after he committed a crime rendering him ineligible for Withholding. He might still be eligible for relief under the UN … Read more
Human Rights Watch and Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP recently filed an amicus brief with the Board of Immigration Appeals in the case of an alien with a mental disability. The brief is based on a year-long, joint investigation by HRW and the American Civil Liberties Union concerning violations of the rights of people with … Read more
In a long running case that has received attention in the Guyanese press, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has reversed the BIA’s denial of Torture Convention relief for a mentally ill man from Guyana. See Soobrian v. Attorney General, Case No. 08-4626 (3rd Cir. July 23, 2010). Ronald Soobrian came to … Read more