
Psychiatrists Call for End to Cruel and Harmful Immigration Policy
ByJoanne Ahola, MD,Stewart Adelson, MD,Kenneth Ashley, MD,Mary Barber, MD, MDiv,William Byne, MD,Flavio Casoy, MD,Alexis Chavez, MD,Jack Drescher, MD,Laura Erickson-Schroth, MD,Alhasan Ghazzawi, MD,David Goldenberg, MD,Kenneth Hung, MD,Naomi Libby, MD,Lorraine Lothwell, MD,Marlin Mattson, MD,Scot G. McAfee, MD,Chris McIntosh, MD, FRCPC,Dustin Nowaskie, MD,Alan Schwartz, MD,D. Andrew Tompkins, MD, MHS,Eric Yarbough, MD ,The LGBTQ+ Committee of The Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry
The Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry (America’s mental health think tank) calls for an end to the use of Title 42 to expel asylum seekers at the southern border. This policy places LGBTIQ asylum seekers in particular danger.