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Conflicting Signals: Understanding Us Immigration Reform Through The Evolution Of Us Immigration Law, Jill Family
Conflicting Signals: Understanding Us Immigration Reform Through The Evolution Of Us Immigration Law, Jill Family
Jill E. Family
Systemic Failure: Mental Illness, Detention, And Deportation, Bill Ong Hing
Systemic Failure: Mental Illness, Detention, And Deportation, Bill Ong Hing
Bill Ong Hing
Our detention and deportation system failed Tatyana Mitrohina. She was born in Russia with heart defects and deformed hands. She was rejected by her parents for many years, spending her infancy in hospitals and institutions. Though she was later able to move back home, her parents abused her and then abandoned her. She immigrated to the United States as a young teen, adopted by U.S. citizens. After more than a decade, she had a child of her own, whom she abused. Tatyana was diagnosed with mental illness. Although she was convicted of child abuse, the state court recommended medication, counseling, …