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Fighting to Represent Immigrants with Mental Disabilities

By Yepoka Yeebo at 10:49am

(This article was originally published in Huffington Post.)

Jose Antonio Franco, a 30-year-old man with a mental age of two, was facing deportation. When a judge realized he suffered from moderate retardation, couldn't understand the proceedings, and had no representative, the case came to a halt.

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