Posted on 12/09/2014 1:02:49 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
New York lawyer Brett Stark, who has worked with dozens of unaccompanied Central American children who crossed into the United States in the past year, says getting the courts to grant these kids asylum is extremely difficult. So he often turns to a special advocate — a doctor.
Such medical-legal partnerships have cropped up in New York and California, where thousands of unaccompanied minors have settled with their families or friends who were already in the U.S.
For cases involving emotional trauma, the bulk of the evidence may come from a psychologist. The lawyer can try to describe the trauma, Stark says, but it’s much more effective for a psychologist to contribute testimony that the child presented with symptoms consistent with PTSD or other trauma. “A psychologist’s contribution can be very moving and vital,” Stark says, especially when a child is unable to speak for himself.
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These will be the mentally ill of the future so the psychologists will have a government-paid income in perpetuity. Are judges really so gullible that they don’t see the conflict of interest?
” . Are judges really so gullible “
No. Evil.
Anyone who has done litigation will tell you — the BIGGEST liars in the court system are “experts” working for the plaintiffs.
We are paying for lawyers, MD’s and a psychologist for illegal aliens. This is Obama’s America.
Right, you are!
Tell EVERY Rep this....
...pass a short-term Continuing Resolution rather than a long term omnibus, and include language blocking funding for Obamas amnesty in it. If outgoing Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid can muster the votes to strip that language from the bill, or if Obama vetoes it after Reid fails to garner the votes, then the conservatives want the House to pass a short term CR until the new Republican congress, with GOP reinforcements, is sworn in in January. At that point, they’ll target Obamas amnesty funding before he can get the program off the ground...”
For many of the children who arrived on the recent surge encouraged by Obama, the trip itself was no doubt the source of extreme trauma, including illness, injuries and in some cases rape. Some of the children died. The blame rests solely on Obama for encouraging the onslaught for political reasons. We send aid to these nations, and if they want to come to the US legally, fine, there is a line.
I feel really bad for these children! We should deport the illegal family members with them so they won’t be distressed. “It’s for the children”
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