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Trump Is Trying to Push Disabled Kids and Adults Into Facilities

Published | Video Starts at 01:14

Now every American has a legal right to grow, learn, work, and live in their own communities. But Trump doesn't agree. His administration issued an official legal opinion making a dangerous claim that states don't have to provide home care or support services at all. They're telling states, you don't have to keep disabled kids and adults in their communities anymore, a total lie that goes against the Americans with Disabilities act and Supreme Court precedent. (01:14–01:24)

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Asserts that the Trump administration issued a legal opinion stating states are not required to provide home care or support services.

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