Blind man fails citizenship test after being denied Braille
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6 March 2020
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image captionLucio Delgado was born blind and uses a cane to get around
A blind man has been denied US citizenship after immigration agents refused to provide him with an English language sentence to read in Braille.
Lucio Delgado, 23, was born blind and uses a cane to get around. He moved to the US from Mexico six years ago.
Mr Delgado said he was offered a large-print sentence to read, which he could not, being totally blind.
Mr Delgado, who is legally blind under Illinois state law, was told to get a doctor’s note to prove his condition.
"Over here I was going to get the education I couldn’t get in Mexico," he told CBS News from his home on a farm in Pembroke Township, Illinois – about 70 miles (110km) south of Chicago.
After taking the test in May, he recently received a letter from US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) informing him that he had been rejected.
"Unfortunately, you were unable to read a sentence in the English language," the letter said. "Regrettably, you [...]