8th Circ. Knocks Back BIA's Ban On Mental Health Evidence

By Alyssa Aquino (February 11, 2021, 8:38 PM EST) -- The Eighth Circuit revived an Iraqi national's request for deportation relief on Thursday, saying the immigration appellate board's "categorical ban" on mental health evidence wrongly kept it from considering whether the man's mental illness eased the severity of a past conviction....

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