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Migrants With Disabilities Unable to Access CBP App to Request Asylum, Complaint Says

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Migrants with disabilities attempting to use CBP One, the U.S. app to schedule appointments to request asylum, are not being able to do so, according to a new complaint filed by an advocacy organization and against the Department of Homeland Security.

Concretely, the app is still inaccessible to migrants who are blind, deaf, have mobility issues or intellectual disabilities, among others, according to the Texas Civil Rights Project and Civil Rights Education and Enforcement Center.

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