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The VA lost about 700 social workers and 500 psychologists and psychiatrists over the course of 2025 — a significant change for an agency that was adding mental health staffers nearly every month leading up to Trump’s return to office.
(Published March)
propublica.org
Veterans Who Depend on Mental Health Care Keep Losing Their Therapists Under Trump
Hundreds of mental health professionals have left the Department of Veterans Affairs since President Donald Trump took office, leaving staff “at a breaking point” and some veterans waiting as long as ...
![IV. Conclusion
As the United States prepares to celebrate its 250th anniversary, the Court notes
that the demarcation of the rights of noncitizens in this country has not always been clear.
Indeed, nearly fifty years ago the Supreme Court noted:
[D]ecisions of this Court with regard to the rights of [noncitizens] living in our
society have reflected fine, and often difficult, questions of values. As a
Nation, we exhibit extraordinary hospitality to those who come to our
country, which is not surprising for we have often been described as “a
nation of immigrants.”
Foley v. Connelie, 435 U.S. 291, 294 (1978). Fifty years later, it is difficult to reconcile the
rights acknowledged by Zadyvdas with certain statements from Knauff and
Thuraissigiam. This Court has done its best to do so. If the Court is wrong, let another
court declare that a noncitizen with no criminal history, no history of flight, and an
adjudicated right to asylum may be detained indefinitely without running afoul of the Due
Process Clause.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:63qzp63fz5q45anhnxhoxhl5/bafkreid5ilaq2mcxtqzck6da7fsnrl7yealin6k5dyamb5vbgho3hiovhi)
