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| Blind man fails citizenship test after being denied Braille | Blind man fails citizenship test after being denied Braille |
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| A blind man has been denied US citizenship after immigration agents refused to provide him with an English language sentence to read in Braille. | 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. | 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 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. | 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. | 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 were unable to achieve a passing score on the reading portion of the naturalisation test." | "Unfortunately, you were unable to read a sentence in the English language," the letter said. "Regrettably, you were unable to achieve a passing score on the reading portion of the naturalisation test." |
| "I really wasn't expecting not to be provided that very basic accommodation," he told the Washington Post newspaper. "It was quite a shocker, honestly." | "I really wasn't expecting not to be provided that very basic accommodation," he told the Washington Post newspaper. "It was quite a shocker, honestly." |
| "I was going to be someone. I was going to make my family here and there proud," he told CBS. | "I was going to be someone. I was going to make my family here and there proud," he told CBS. |
| He was told during the test to go and get a doctor's note to prove that he was blind, but he could not afford to do so because he does not have health insurance. | He was told during the test to go and get a doctor's note to prove that he was blind, but he could not afford to do so because he does not have health insurance. |
| A spokesman for the USCIS told the Post that they began offering Braille tests in November, months after Mr Delgado sat for his exam. | A spokesman for the USCIS told the Post that they began offering Braille tests in November, months after Mr Delgado sat for his exam. |
| A lawyer for Mr Delgado said the USCIS had contacted him since his story was first reported last week to offer him another appointment later this month. | A lawyer for Mr Delgado said the USCIS had contacted him since his story was first reported last week to offer him another appointment later this month. |
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