Mental Health & Competency Resources

Resources for Attorneys

• National Immigration Project Mental Competency in Immigration Proceedings Listserv Registration
• Board of Immigration Appeals Mental Competency Cases
  • Matter of M-A-M-, 25 I&N Dec. 474 (BIA 2011)
• Franco-Gonzalez v. Holder Documents
  • ACLU Franco-Gonzalez Fact Sheet
  • 2014 Order Detailing Screening Procedures and Evaluation System
  • 2014 Order Excerpt - Franco Timeline
  • 2014 Order Appendix B - Process for Conducting a Judicial Inquiry
• American Bar Association Commission on Immigration, Representing Detained Immigration Respondents of Diminished Capacity: Ethical Challenges and Best Practices (2015)
• Practicing Law Institute, Representing Clients with Mental Disabilities and Challenging Behaviors (Free Webinar and Materials) (2015) 
• CAIR Coalition, Pro Bono Mental Health Manual (2013)
• Safeguards Motion Memo
  • Sample Mood Disorders Safeguards Motion
  • Sample Cognitive Disabilities Safeguards Motion
• Grounding Tool for Interviewing Trauma Survivors
• #StandWithImmigrants - Working with Survivors of Trauma
• HealTorture.org: Collaborating with Mental Health Professionals

Resources for Mental Health Providers

• Ensuring Proper Safeguards in Removal Proceedings For Individuals with Mental and Behavioral Health Issues
• Cornell Center for Human Rights Asylum Evaluation Training Manual
• Cornell Center for Human Rights Asylum Examinations Guide
• Psychological Evaluation of Asylum Seekers as a Therapeutic Process

Referrals

• Survivors International, Trauma Recovery Center: Asylum Documentation for Psychological and Medical Evaluations
• Physicians for Human Rights, Forensic Evaluations
• HealthRight International