AILA Quicktake #162: CARA Files Psychological Trauma Complaint

4/1/16 AILA Doc. No. 16040165. Asylum, Detention & Bond, Removal & Relief

AILA's Associate Director of Advocacy Karen Lucas shares why the CARA Family Detention Pro Bono Project submitted a complaint to OCRCL and the Office of the Inspector General, which highlights eight cases of deep psychological trauma affecting mothers held in family detention.

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