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Trump Rule Will Harm Immigrants with Disabilities
August 12, 2019
Earlier today, DHS released the final "public charge" rule, which changes the current standards used to determine legal permanent residence eligibility. The new rule dramatically increases the scope of who would be considered a public charge and thereby excludable, if he or she is likely to depend on government…
General - General
Indiana Disability Rights Sues State for Failure to Provide Communications to Blind Beneficiaries
August 7, 2019
The lawsuit, filed in Indiana federal district court, alleges that Christopher and Sarah Meyers, siblings who are blind, lost their benefits when the DFR forced them to rely on other people to intercept and read their private information.
General - Community Integration
Disability Rights California Publishes Report on the Detention of Immigrant Children with Disabilities
July 26, 2019
The report is on the detention of immigrant children with disabilities in ORR contracted facilities.
Publication - Education
NDRN Applauds U.S. Civil Rights Commission on School Discipline Report
July 23, 2019
Washington, DC – The National Disability Rights Network (NDRN) thanks the United States Civil Rights Commission for its release today of a report entitled, "Beyond Suspensions: Examining School Discipline Policies and Connections to the School-to-Prison Pipeline for Students of Color with Disabilities."
Press Release - Justice System
NDRN Joins Amicus in Solitary Confinement Case
July 19, 2019
NDRN joined an amicus authored by the firm Ropes and Gray pro bono supports a complaint filed by Disability Rights Montana, alleging that the Montana Dept. of Corrections violated the Eighth Amendment by providing inadequate mental health treatment, inappropriate discipline and placing prisoners with mental illness in solitary confinement.
Amicus Brief
