Crossing the Border: How Disability Civil Rights Protections Can Include Disabled Asylum-Seekers

  • Organization: Center for American Progress
  • Document Type: Report
  • Date Created: Wednesday, August 31, 2022
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This report from CAP discusses civil rights protections designed to protect disabled people from discrimination, such as the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, are powerful tools for ensuring that disabled asylum-seekers have access to the protection and services they need in the U.S. immigration system.

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