MTA – New York’s public transit provider is planning on cutting buses that run parallel to inaccessible subways and doubling fares for people who use transit vans for disabled people. For the full story, click here.
Disabled U.S. Citizen Deported
A man with an intellectual disability who had been born and raised in the United States but had difficult reading and speaking English was deported after being arrested for a minor offense.
After eating out of garbage cans and wandering through Mexico, a place where he knew no one and had never been, he was finally found – and held in custody for failing to show up to his court date.
For one of the articles, click here.
This is a really horrible story. But, to be clear, no one should ever have to go through this – US citizen or undocumented person.