The Washington Post (3/4, Dreier) reports that on March 4, “seeking to end a practice that one senator called a ‘profound betrayal of trust,’ legislation was…in the Senate and House of Representatives to stop the Trump administration from using confidential therapy notes against immigrant children in detention and deportation proceedings.” This “legislation is one of several efforts underway to protect the confidentiality of young asylum-seekers launched after The Washington Post reported that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been regularly using notes from therapy sessions against unaccompanied minors, often without the consent of the therapists involved, and always without the consent of the minors themselves.”
Related Links:
— “Bill would end practice of using confidential therapy notes against detained immigrant children, “Hannah Dreier, The Washington Post, March 4, 2020