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Jennifer Doherty | February 26, 2021, 8:36 PM EST
For immigration attorney Lizbeth Mateo, her clients cases are personal the outcomes could affect her own removal proceedings someday. (Photo courtesy of Lizbeth Mateo/Optimist Films)
Before immigration attorney Lizbeth Mateo accompanied her client, Edith Espinal, into U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement s office in Westerville, Ohio, on Feb. 18, she made a routine call to her assistant back in California.
Like her client, Mateo lacks legal documents to reside in the U.S., and she knew that either of them could be detained upon arrival a possibility that could affect her work on other cases. Espinal was scared preparing for the encounter, she told Law360 through an interpreter, but had faith in her attorney.
President Joe Biden's selection of a Manatt adviser to oversee Affordable Care Act policymaking and Medicare reimbursement on Friday makes crystal clear that veterans of major law firms and state attorneys general offices will be pivotal players on the president's health care team. Here, Law360 looks at key names to know.
Colo. Counties Unite To Keep Mentally Ill Out Of Jail By
Sarah Martinson | February 7, 2021, 8:02 PM EST Law enforcement officials in counties across the state of Colorado are working to keep mentally ill people out of their jails and prisons by creating new programs to detect mental health problems before these individuals enter the criminal justice system.
One of the programs that Colorado counties have implemented is a co-responder program in which a trained mental health specialist answers crisis calls with sheriffs and deputies. Through this program, sheriffs and deputies are better able to de-escalate situations and direct mentally ill individuals to the appropriate resources, according to Colorado law enforcement officials.
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