Martias situation Is serious. but the predicament of some of her other classmates is even worse. They are on dialysis and they can possibly die If their Medicare ends. The INS. which should not be in the position of correcting welfare reforms cruel and arbitrary cutoff of legal immigrants benefits. Including the blind. frail. and elderly. was asked to ease the naturallAtioun process for some of these immigrants. but the INSs new rules will not help these blind students. The rules. which do exempt disabled Immigrants from the English and civics test. provide no relief for the blind. according to the INS authorities. because their vision Impairment does not prevent them from studying and taking a test. These inflexible rules do not take into account that a disability like blindness makes It very difficult to master English and civics under a strict time limit. These students of the San Diego Canter for the Blind say they are terrified. living in fear of these inflexible pollcies that even do not comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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