{"id":3623,"date":"2020-03-04T18:03:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-04T23:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/rep-napolitano-and-sen-merkley-introduce-the-immigrants-mental-health-act-2020\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:07:01","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:07:01","slug":"rep-napolitano-and-sen-merkley-introduce-the-immigrants-mental-health-act-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/rep-napolitano-and-sen-merkley-introduce-the-immigrants-mental-health-act-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"La representante Napolitano y el senador Merkley presentan la Ley de Salud Mental de los Inmigrantes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>(WASHINGTON DC)<\/b>&nbsp; Hoy, la representante estadounidense Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA-32) y el senador estadounidense Jeff Merkley (D-OR) presentaron la Ley de Salud Mental de los Inmigrantes de 2020. Tanto la representante Napolitano como el senador Merkley han estado muy comprometidos en responder a la crisis humanitaria que se desarrolla como resultado de los fracasos de la administraci\u00f3n Trump. Su legislaci\u00f3n bicameral es producto de los viajes de la delegaci\u00f3n del Congreso a las instalaciones de la Oficina de Aduanas y Protecci\u00f3n Fronteriza (CBP, por sus siglas en ingl\u00e9s) de los EE.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/graphics\/2020\/national\/immigration-therapy-reports-ice\/\" title=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/graphics\/2020\/national\/immigration-therapy-reports-ice\/\">alarmante historia reciente del Washington Post<\/a>&nbsp;detallando c\u00f3mo se han utilizado notas de sesiones de terapia confidenciales obligatorias en procedimientos de deportaci\u00f3n contra ni\u00f1os inmigrantes.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cTodos hemos estado horrorizados por la cruel separaci\u00f3n de familias en la frontera, las condiciones de hacinamiento e insalubridad, y la falta de un debido proceso para los solicitantes de asilo, que han llegado a definir a esta administraci\u00f3n\u201d.&nbsp;<b>dijo napolitano<\/b>. \u201cPero estas im\u00e1genes solo muestran parte de la pesadilla. Menos visible es el sufrimiento que ocurre dentro de estos solicitantes de asilo y refugiados. Muchos han enfrentado amenazas de muerte en sus pa\u00edses de origen o durante el viaje a los Estados Unidos, solo para traumatizarse a\u00fan m\u00e1s en nuestra frontera. Es por eso que es absolutamente cr\u00edtico equipar a los agentes de CBP con la capacitaci\u00f3n adecuada para identificar los factores de riesgo y las se\u00f1ales de advertencia, especialmente entre los ni\u00f1os vulnerables\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSe supone que la informaci\u00f3n compartida con un profesional de la salud mental es privada, por lo que debe permanecer privada\u201d,&nbsp;<b>contin\u00faa Napolitano<\/b>. \u201cNo podemos permitir que esa informaci\u00f3n personal confidencial se comparta con ninguna otra agencia; no para determinaciones de asilo o cualquier otra raz\u00f3n. Tenemos la obligaci\u00f3n de proteger la seguridad y la salud de los solicitantes de asilo, incluido su bienestar emocional. Debemos convertir nuestra indignaci\u00f3n y horror en acci\u00f3n, y nuestro proyecto de ley es un primer paso positivo para comenzar a abordar la crisis de salud mental en nuestra frontera\u201d.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEl uso de notas de terapia infantil como arma por parte de esta administraci\u00f3n es vil\u201d,&nbsp;<b>dijo Merkley<\/b>. \u201cEst\u00e1n rompiendo las relaciones de confianza entre los ni\u00f1os y sus trabajadores sociales y terapeutas para deportar a los ni\u00f1os vulnerables a destinos potencialmente horribles. \u00bfQui\u00e9n de nosotros estar\u00eda bien tratando a nuestros hijos de esta manera? El abuso psicol\u00f3gico de los ni\u00f1os es poco \u00e9tico e inmoral, y debemos ponerle fin\u201d.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLa Asociaci\u00f3n Estadounidense de Psicolog\u00eda felicita a la congresista Napolitano y al senador Merkley por presentar la Ley de Salud Mental de los Inmigrantes de 2020\u201d,&nbsp;<b>dijo el director ejecutivo de APA, Arthur C. Evans Jr., PhD<\/b>. \u201cCr\u00edticamente, el proyecto de ley incluye una disposici\u00f3n para prohibir el intercambio de informaci\u00f3n obtenida de sesiones de psicoterapia confidenciales que involucran a ni\u00f1os inmigrantes que buscan asilo. Tambi\u00e9n busca ampliar el acceso a la atenci\u00f3n de la salud mental informada sobre el trauma para los inmigrantes y educar a los agentes de Aduanas y Protecci\u00f3n Fronteriza que trabajan con inmigrantes. APA espera poder ayudar a obtener un amplio apoyo para el proyecto de ley\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Resumen de la Ley de Salud Mental de los Inmigrantes de 2020:<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Dirigir\u00eda al Comisionado de Aduanas y Protecci\u00f3n Fronteriza (CBP), en consulta con el Subsecretario de Salud Mental y Uso de Sustancias (SAMHSA), el Administrador de la Administraci\u00f3n de Servicios y Recursos de Salud, para desarrollar e implementar un plan de estudios de capacitaci\u00f3n para: (1 ) identificar factores de riesgo de salud mental y se\u00f1ales de advertencia en inmigrantes y refugiados y (2) abordar la salud mental y el bienestar de los oficiales y agentes de CBP<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Indicar\u00eda a SAMHSA que realice una revisi\u00f3n anual de la capacitaci\u00f3n e incluya recomendaciones para mejorar<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Para evaluar adecuadamente las necesidades de salud mental de inmigrantes, refugiados, agentes de la patrulla fronteriza y personal, el proyecto de ley ordenar\u00eda a CBP que asigne al menos un experto calificado en salud mental o conductual a cada centro de detenci\u00f3n de CBP<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Evitar\u00eda que el Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos (HHS) comparta y\/o el Departamento de Seguridad Nacional (DHS) solicite notas confidenciales de terapia de salud mental de un inmigrante para determinaciones de asilo, audiencias de inmigraci\u00f3n o procedimientos de deportaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p>El texto completo de la Ley de Salud Mental de los Inmigrantes se puede consultar&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/napolitano.house.gov\/sites\/napolitano.house.gov\/files\/wysiwyg_uploaded\/ImmigrantsMentalHealthAct.pdf\">aqu\u00ed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Enlace:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3apAcGf\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/3apAcGf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(WASHINGTON, DC)&nbsp; Today, U.S. Rep. 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